VIE - BOS

Mike Coffin Vienna Head Coach:

„We want to build on the strong form we’ve shown over the last few weeks. Against a very good Bosna team, we’ll need to be locked in defensively and play with discipline for 40 minutes. With a great crowd expected to bring us energy, we’re ready to protect home court and fight for another win.“

Gregor Glas, Vienna player:

„This is a very important game. We were already close to winning in Sarajevo, but unfortunately we made too many mistakes in the final moments. They’ve also made some changes to their roster, and we’ll try to prepare as well as possible with the time we have.“

Muhamed Pašalić, trener Bosne BH Telecom:

"Pred nama je izuzetno važno gostovanje u Beču protiv ekipe Vienne, koja je u prvoj utakmici pokazala koliko može biti nezgodan protivnik. Bio je to veoma zahtjevan meč i očekujemo sličan intenzitet i ovaj put. Moramo biti fokusirani svih 40 minuta, kontrolisati ritam igre i odgovoriti na njihovu čvrstinu."

Đoko Šalić, igrač Bosne BH Telecom:

"Gostujemo u Beču u izuzetno važnoj utakmici za naš tim. Očekuje nas težak duel, ali vjerujemo u našu energiju, karakter i zajedništvo koje pokazujemo na terenu. Nadamo se i podršci naših navijača s tribina, jer nam njihova snaga daje dodatni motiv u borbi za pobjedu."

 

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Mike Coffin, Vienna Head Coach:

"Those mistakes cost us the game. A few tough defensive situations where we helped off the wrong players and left their best shooter open. It was small details we didn’t execute properly tonight. That was the difference in the game — the little errors we made. We have to understand that it won’t be the same player every night — some nights it’s one guy’s night, other nights it’s someone else’s. He had 11 assists, so he was clearly trying to make plays and set people up. Maybe we need to give him a bit more attention than we did on Monday. Some of the other guys also played yesterday. It’s been a really tough, packed week for us, and you could see some fatigue from those who were on the floor yesterday. As a player, you always love the energy in the arena — whether it’s for you or against you. The atmosphere was great tonight. A lot of people came out to watch Bosnia. We’re playing really good basketball. And we want the people who come to see us — even when we’re not playing Bosnia or Zvezda — to enjoy it too. We play an exciting brand of basketball, and it’s fun for fans to watch. We hope it keeps going. When the gym is loud and packed, it gives the players a lot of energy — even if some of that energy is for the opposing team.“

Muhamed Pašalić, Bosna BH Telecom Head Coach: 

"Very tough game, very emotional game for us because we knew with victory here we're going to be one step closer to our goal. This is top 4 of our group. Big congrats to my team, amazing character fight, to my staff, to all the amazing fans that came to support us today. I believe we were a better team, much better team throughout the game. Last moments, I don't know why we stopped. I also made some mistakes, but generally very satisfied. We played much better than what we had in Sarajevo. We were all the time in the lead. I wish Vienna good luck in the rest of the season. Souley Boum is the engine of the team. As I remember good, we stopped him in Sarajevo, he had zero points. Today also we did very good job. My guards were very focused on what I gave them as tasks. To be very close, to be very aggressive, whole game, to pressure him. In the end it gave us results. We have good management, who react very fast. When one of our main players got injured, we don't take our utters. Who also gave us a big help tonight. This was a very good team effort.“