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By Amy Samin<\/FONT> \u201cIt was a great game for us, and a very enjoyable one for our fans,\u201d said Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv\u2019s head coach David Blatt<\/B> after the game. \u201cThere was a lot of positive energy, and a lot of sequences that came from the heart. We took a game that was very hard to win. We\u2019ve won quite a few games in the last two months with this line-up; it\u2019s a good line-up.\u201d<\/FONT> \u201cI have to say a few words in praise of Lior Eliyahu, who sat on the bench for a lot of minutes tonight but who, when he came into the game, delivered plays and together with Jeremy Pargo helped us win this game,\u201d added the coach. \u201cI also have something important to say to our fans\u2026the players of Caja Laboral have to get back twice over in Tel Aviv what we have gotten here from the fans, though in a sportsmanlike manner, of course. I want our fans to give us 150%.\u201d<\/FONT> While enjoying his team\u2019s fabulous victory, the coach remained pragmatic. \u201cWe\u2019ve taken a tough away win and tied the series, but anything can happen in the Euroleague. Don\u2019t go planning on the Final Four just yet.\u201d Blatt also noted that, \u201cThe officiating here was biased towards the home team, to put it mildly. I want normal officiating that will allow us to come in and play our game, and perhaps we\u2019ll be able to win the third.\u201d<\/FONT> When told by a reporter that he personally won the game for Maccabi, Jeremy Pargo<\/B> replied, \u201cNo, we<\/U> won the game. One shot doesn\u2019t make up for all the other points. We had 81 other points. We still had to play that entire game, and luckily for me [that shot] went down.\u201d When told that now the game is in Maccabi\u2019s hands, Pargo said, \u201cYeah, that\u2019s what we wanted to come out here and do. We wanted to win both games, obviously, but a big goal was accomplished today by winning that game. We just have to keep taking care of business and keep playing hard. Nothing\u2019s going to come easy; we have to come out and beat those guys in the next couple of games. They\u2019re not going to give us anything. They\u2019re a great team, as you saw these last two games.\u201d<\/FONT> Sofoklis Schortsanitis<\/B>, who scored 22 points in the game,<\/B> said, \u201cWe had a tough time here, this is their home court and they scored fifty percent of their three-point shots here, and it was difficult. They scored a lot of them, but in Israel it won\u2019t be so easy for them, and we want to finish the job in Israel.\u201d <\/FONT> David Blu<\/B>, who in a fantastic game scored 18 points (including 4 three-pointers), said, \u201cThis win means nothing if we don\u2019t finish the job in Israel. We have two games that are going to be tough games, but we believe in ourselves and we know what we can do. Nokia is such an advantage that hopefully we\u2019ll do what we want to do.\u201d<\/FONT>
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