The coach summed up the road win in Istanbul over Fenerbahce: “We had great teamwork, played with patience and discipline against one of the best teams in the Euroleague”. Landesberg, who scored the buzzer-beater: “I prayed it would go in because I was dead tired and didn’t want overtime”
“I felt good the whole game”, said Landesberg, “and the players kept telling me to stay aggressive. On the last possession, Yogi got the rebound and when I got the ball, I knew
i won’t have time to pass. I stepped back, took the shot and it bounced on the rim, felt like for an hour. In the second bounce i thought it would bounce out. I was praying it would go in because I was dead tired and didn’t want it to go to overtime. Then when it went in I was in shock. I couldn’t believe it”.Coach Ainars Bagatskis: “We are very happy. I told the players to not hesitate, just go, and that’s what we did. We showed great teamwork against one of the best teams in the Euroleague despite missing some key players. When we played with patience and discipline – we stopped them. Sylvan’s shot at the end maybe was lucky, but he’s an experienced player who knows how to use that situation to his advantage”.
Daimon Simpson: “We worked hard in practice and kept believing when we were down. Personally,
i just play as hard as i can and don’t think about how good the other guys are. Maybe before the game I’d take notice that Vesely, Udoh or Antic are NBA players but never on the court. In Sylvan’s last shot, on the first bounce I was thinking – overtime. On the second bounce I thought it might get in and then in the third – I just started to shout”.
