Valencia Basket- Umana Reyer Venezia post-game quotes: Pedro Martínez

17/10/2024

"Good victory for us, although I’m not too happy with our last quarter, during which we disconnected for a few minutes. The game was over, but we would have preferred to play at the same level for all 40 minutes. These things happen; we need to evaluate our first three quarters positively. We must consider everything and not think that this is just about setting screens or playing games. I believe we played against a team that performed very well for many minutes, but they were quite limited by the absences they had. That makes some aspects different from what they might have been if they had not just their full team—who knows, they might have beaten us—but if they had more players available, the game would likely have gone differently.

 

I know this shouldn’t concern us, so we must focus on our performance. However, I believe we shouldn’t think that when we are 29 or 30 points up, that is our level or get complacent about that play, because there are many nuances to consider in reaching such conclusions. It’s just one game, and the conclusions are always very partial. I can imagine that for them, on the other side of the coin, they’ll have their observations about what happened in the game, and all of that is real. I think that even when you win, you shouldn’t celebrate too much, and when you lose, you shouldn’t say it’s a disaster."


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