Priftis: “I received a technical penalty for crossing the line with half a shoe, I was warned”

Panathinaikos OPAP was defeated by Anantolou Efes due to the three point scored by Adrien Moerman in 1.1” for the end. After the final of the match at Sinan Erdem Dome, Dimitris Priftis spoke about the choice of no foul and the trap for Vassilie Mitsic, but also about the technical penalty he received at 2’13” for the final.

Details of Dimitris Priftis’ statements:

“It was a difficult but also interesting game for the spectators. Despite the fact that we lost like that, I want to congratulate my players because they played with character and persevered throughout the game. In the end it was just a job, we weren’t good enough, but bad luck too. These games always hurt when you lose like that“.

For the technical penalty he received from Daniel Jeretuelo: “I didn’t say anything to the referee, I spoke to my players. I stepped through the line with half the shoe, not the whole. Only with half the shoe. I spoke to my player but not to the referee. To be honest I was warned earlier not to cross the line. That happened. Half of my shoe was on the ground while I was talking to my player“.

For his team’s final defense: “We initially played some kind of zone defense to confuse them, but as soon as the ball hit the ground we went man to man. When Vassilje Micic got the ball, we went to the doubles team to prevent him from getting a shot or a penetration. But he found a good pass, we took a wrong turn and gave that three-pointer“.