I am happy that we won this game. Of course I need to say that this game wasn’t so important for Caserta, like it was for us, but I am also happy of how we played - siad coach Emir Mutapcić after game Anwil Wloclawek - Pepsi Caserta.
Stefano Sacripanti - Firstly I want to underline that today we played without our two very important players, Fabio di Bella and Jumaine Jones because they have some problems with injuries and we thought that it will be better if they stay at home in Caserta. Thanks to this situation, two other guys who normally don’t play or they don’t play so many minutes, had a chance to show their skills. I mean Domenico Marzaioli and Salvatore Parrillo who both got about eight-nine minutes. In fact, Anwil won this game but the advantage of ten points seems to be too big. We were so close to them during the game, however we had some problems with pick and rolls. We try to change some solutions on the floor but the turnovers didn’t let us cut the opponent’s lead. Congratulations to Anwil.
Emir Mutapcic - First of all, I am happy that we won this game. Of course I need to say that this game wasn’t so important for Caserta, like it was for us, but I am also happy of how we played. We didn’t play like we had played in some games before, but obviously there is a lot of work in front of us, especially in defense. I think that defensively we can play better. Our goal was today to stop Caserta on less than 20 points in each quarter and we made it, because they scored 16, 19, 17 and 19 points and some of them were because of our little mistakes in defense, not because of their offense. I don’t want to say the defense is the most important thing for us, but I am sure there is great defensive potential in this team and we must win thanks to it. Moreover I want to point out that we must remember about the last seconds of each defensive action. I am looking at the statistics right now I am seeing that our opponent had 14 offensive rebounds, so it means, that we still forget about the last seconds of defense. It doesn’t matter against which team we play, we may let them have only seven-eight offensive rebounds. When it comes to offense... We can play very fast so we must speed up the game. Today we scored a lot of fast break points and I liked that. Good defense gives simple solutions and the easiest ways to score baskets. However, I am little disappointed of how we played in the first quarter because in that period of time we made eight or nine turnovers while during the whole game we made 18 mistakes. It must be better in this element because we need to be more consequent and focused on each detail - all five guys who are on the floor in the particular moment. Besides, I want so say that another important thing was that today we made more two-point shots than three-point ones, while in two previous games, my first two in Anwil, we had definitely made more triples. Distance shots cannot be our first offensive option, because we need to use more inside shots and penetrations. And the last detail I would like to tell about is the bench. I liked that everybody who came to the floor, gave a good impulse and helped the team. Especially at the beginning of the second quarter when we played gooddefense.
Lukasz Koszarek – It is very nice feeling to play here in Wloclawek once again. Everyone knows that I spent here two good years and I have to admit that it was strange for me when the fans weren’t supporting me, like it was some years ago. It was of course because I changed the side and today I came here as an opponent. Anyway, I want to congratulate Anwil. I think they needed this win very strongly, especially because they changed the head coach some days ago. Today they showed a piece of good basketball and aggressiveness, while we had some problems with intensity. We were so slow and this is why we made a lot of mistakes that we usually don’t make. Moreover we played without two guys and our play was so strange. Despite all of the obstacles, we were so close to Anwil during the whole, but in the end our turnovers killed us. All in all, Anwil deserved to win today’s game.
Lukasz Majewski – I won’t be analyzing this game because the coach did it in a very detailed way. I will tell only that we wanted to win today’s match so much. We realized that the old year is coming to an end and the way we will finish it, it will have an impact of how we will be playing at the beginning of the new one. So we wanted to win and to play efficiently
and I think we made it. In my opinion, our progress is clearly visible, although we and our new coach have been together for only a few days. I am pretty sure that our play was definitely better if we compare it with our previous matches. Now we have Christmas and some time to relax but after that we will come back to hard work and focus on Polish league. We have a game on the second of January we hope to start the new year positively too.
Emir Mutapcic - First of all, I am happy that we won this game. Of course I need to say that this game wasn’t so important for Caserta, like it was for us, but I am also happy of how we played. We didn’t play like we had played in some games before, but obviously there is a lot of work in front of us, especially in defense. I think that defensively we can play better. Our goal was today to stop Caserta on less than 20 points in each quarter and we made it, because they scored 16, 19, 17 and 19 points and some of them were because of our little mistakes in defense, not because of their offense. I don’t want to say the defense is the most important thing for us, but I am sure there is great defensive potential in this team and we must win thanks to it. Moreover I want to point out that we must remember about the last seconds of each defensive action. I am looking at the statistics right now I am seeing that our opponent had 14 offensive rebounds, so it means, that we still forget about the last seconds of defense. It doesn’t matter against which team we play, we may let them have only seven-eight offensive rebounds. When it comes to offense... We can play very fast so we must speed up the game. Today we scored a lot of fast break points and I liked that. Good defense gives simple solutions and the easiest ways to score baskets. However, I am little disappointed of how we played in the first quarter because in that period of time we made eight or nine turnovers while during the whole game we made 18 mistakes. It must be better in this element because we need to be more consequent and focused on each detail - all five guys who are on the floor in the particular moment. Besides, I want so say that another important thing was that today we made more two-point shots than three-point ones, while in two previous games, my first two in Anwil, we had definitely made more triples. Distance shots cannot be our first offensive option, because we need to use more inside shots and penetrations. And the last detail I would like to tell about is the bench. I liked that everybody who came to the floor, gave a good impulse and helped the team. Especially at the beginning of the second quarter when we played gooddefense.
Lukasz Koszarek – It is very nice feeling to play here in Wloclawek once again. Everyone knows that I spent here two good years and I have to admit that it was strange for me when the fans weren’t supporting me, like it was some years ago. It was of course because I changed the side and today I came here as an opponent. Anyway, I want to congratulate Anwil. I think they needed this win very strongly, especially because they changed the head coach some days ago. Today they showed a piece of good basketball and aggressiveness, while we had some problems with intensity. We were so slow and this is why we made a lot of mistakes that we usually don’t make. Moreover we played without two guys and our play was so strange. Despite all of the obstacles, we were so close to Anwil during the whole, but in the end our turnovers killed us. All in all, Anwil deserved to win today’s game.
Lukasz Majewski – I won’t be analyzing this game because the coach did it in a very detailed way. I will tell only that we wanted to win today’s match so much. We realized that the old year is coming to an end and the way we will finish it, it will have an impact of how we will be playing at the beginning of the new one. So we wanted to win and to play efficiently
and I think we made it. In my opinion, our progress is clearly visible, although we and our new coach have been together for only a few days. I am pretty sure that our play was definitely better if we compare it with our previous matches. Now we have Christmas and some time to relax but after that we will come back to hard work and focus on Polish league. We have a game on the second of January we hope to start the new year positively too.