00:01Buenas tardes a todos, vamos a comenzar con Anadolu Efes press conference, primero con un
00:07assessment de la coach. First I would like to congratulate Real Madrid por esta
00:12win. Well, I think we got off to a really good start, we knew how Real Madrid
00:19can turn this around because of the talent that they have, and I believe we
00:26committed a bit of mistakes. I think that offensive rebounding from the Real Madrid
00:32got them the second chances so that they could turn this around, and that lead at
00:36halftime was decisive in the game because I think in the third and fourth quarter
00:43we have competed in the third and fourth quarter but we never had
00:47the feeling that we could come back because of the decisive plays, we were
00:54losing a rebound, we were missing a shot, there was always this nagging feeling
00:59that they were, that they had a lead, and that they had a lead from the first half. So in
01:06some way
01:07we just have to move on because we have a game pretty, pretty shortly.
01:13Please stay your name on the questions that you represent, questions by the
01:17journalist. Hello Pablo, question by Eurogroups. Versus Barcelona, you were a few
01:25minutes away from winning that team, do you think that as a symptom from this
01:29season, from Anadolu competing versus the big team's back, you know, was always
01:33falling short? Maybe you are lacking that experience and that cohesiveness?
01:41Versus Barcelona, we didn't play with Papadianes, he played last year's Euroleague. We played without
01:50Puglier, who also has one Euroleague, without Seilark as well. We were missing a lot of players.
01:58What I think what has been constant during the season is that this morning, my physical
02:05conditioning coach got ill. My friend says, has a saying that I'm not gonna say, but there
02:14are years where things happen. If that would sound only as an excuse, that would have been
02:22very easy on my part. I have to praise that a lot of players who are putting up a lot
02:28of
02:28effort, who are suffering a lot, and who are probably, due to that, maybe we are not
02:33arriving to the end part of the games without being able to dominate them. Versus Barcelona,
02:40we were there, we fell short, as you say. We just basically stole almost the last ball, but it
02:51resulted in that it was a kickball, and we just basically lost that ball. Versus Morocco, we
02:56had that feeling, we were up ten, five minutes remaining. We had that feeling, you know, that
03:00we are not getting there in the closing minutes of the game. And my obligation as a coach is
03:06to praise the players for whatever they have done. And if we come to the closing minutes, then
03:17we will be there. And you just have to accept the problems that you have, so that you keep
03:21on growing. It's March, we still have two months remaining, and it's mandatory to do 100% effort.
03:28Hola Pablo, ¿qué tal? Pedro Martínez, de la Agencia EFE, por lo primero. Bienvenido.
03:30Hi, Pablo. I have a question by Agencia EFE. Welcome back.
03:34I would like to ask you two questions. On a personal level, how did you approach in that you pick
03:40up the team midway,
03:42in a really tough schedule? How has it been working in a Euroleague team throughout midway?
03:50And I would like to ask you about Real Madrid. How do you see the team with comparing this team
03:57in comparison to Jus Mateo's teams? And how do you see him? Do you think that they can be contenders?
04:04Well, as a coach, to pick up the game, pick up the team midway is really difficult because it's really
04:10difficult.
04:11Because it's really difficult. And a lot of things were not there. I think you just have to say that
04:20a coach has to deal with it.
04:23On a personal level, when I was signed, 15th December, I saw the team and I was expecting some players
04:31to be back.
04:33I have lost more players than I have recovered, I would say.
04:38So that says, you know, maybe I go home, this is very bad. No, no, no, that's not my way
04:43of being and behaving.
04:45And my obligation is to make the players understand that they are doing and making an effort.
04:51And if you are injured, you are going to get 100% right and you will be there.
04:55But you cannot stop not working. And Real Madrid, in general terms, they are really well.
05:02They've just lost the Super Cup and also the Spanish Kings Cup. That leaves you a bad taste on the
05:10mouth.
05:10But I think they are well prepared for the end of the season. I think they have some decisive players
05:18like Gabi, Tavares, playing at a high level.
05:24And I think more or less they are understanding the role that they can have.
05:27Like, for example, Lyles, who has a great offensive output. That is, he was the highest score of today, coming
05:36out from the bench with 14 points in 20 minutes.
05:39That is an ability to drain those shots and that is very important. Not the most important thing, but very
05:47important, nonetheless.
05:49Hi, Pablo. A question for Diario Marca. I would like to ask you, regarding what you said, how do you
05:56assess, as a former Madrid coach, how do you assess Sergio Scabiolo's work that he has put up since he
06:03was signed by Madrid?
06:06Well, it's not easy because I don't see this on a daily basis. I think this is a question towards
06:11the ones who work alongside him.
06:14I think the team is competitive. They have changed some players. They have some circumstances around those players.
06:24I don't follow them closely so that I can give you an opinion. That would be unfair. But I think
06:31this is a solid team. They have great players. A team that has competed up there.
06:39And I think that time and work helped Sergio. And in that sense, look, I cannot say to you 100
06:46% because I do not leave this on a daily basis.
06:48But this is a team that has a high probability of being amongst the top four in Euroleague, being first
06:54in the Liga Endesa.
06:58So, obviously, the assessments, you have to do it by the end of the season because sometimes coaches' assessments are
07:05different than the fans or the players or from the head of the press conference. I don't know. You just
07:14have to do the assessments differently.
07:16Hi, a question by Cadena Cope. I would like to ask you to assess all the difficulties that you are
07:24facing and all the different formats that you've been dealing with in Euroleague teams, with different formats and different teams.
07:35Would you agree that it would be easier to have a lighter schedule?
07:42Well, there's a Real Madrid player who played more than 100 games in one season. 365 days has the actual
07:50calendar year. So, basically, one game every single three days.
07:57I'm traveling and training, so he has to have a three day off. I don't think this schedule is great
08:04for the fans and obviously it's not great for the coaches and it's not great for the players.
08:08So, I think this has to, in some way, we need to push so that this player can get recovered,
08:22that this team can be recovered, that the fans can be recovered from the previous game.
08:28I think that is mandatory, but I'm just the coach and that is my opinion from even the outside. But
08:36there's a player who played plus hundred games in a season and I think that is the truth, a Real
08:41Madrid player.
08:42Last question, please. Hi, a question by Colgados de Ararado. You were speaking about injuries. The medical staff had carried
08:52away Lee because he had a blow to the eye. What happened to him?
08:57Well, it was a very unlucky blow because Gabriel Dech unintentionally hit him. He came up to me and said
09:06to myself that I didn't hit him. It was inside the eye. Hopefully it's nothing serious.
09:13And it was very difficult for him to step back onto the court. He was performing really well in that
09:19moment. I think it hurt us a bit.
09:26I'm being very resilient that even the conditioning coach has fallen ill this morning. It's just something that we have
09:32to accept. Hopefully it's nothing serious and we will have him back on Sunday. That's it. Thank you so much.
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