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Cibona
Head Coach
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PERASOVIC, VELIMIR
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"We did what we wanted to do, and we hold our own destiny for qualifying to the Top 16. If we win one more game, we are for sure in. In the first two quarters we were nervous and that is the main reason we allowed too many points. In the second half our game was at the level we wanted it to be. Throughout this season we are showing a lot of hustle, we are playing serious and with character. Calloway started this game in second or third gear, but later on he played great. This game was really important for Marshall's confidence after he did not play well in the last two games. But, all our players played well tonight, and it is not important who is leading us, but that we find the way to victory."
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Cibona
Forward
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ROZIC, MARIN
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"We got the result we were hoping to get. We were nervous in the first half, but in the second everything was going as it was supposed to. The key was our concentration and our discipline. We allowed too many easy baskets in the first half, but in the second we raised our aggressiveness and we started getting easy baskets. That led us to a big lead that we were not intending to drop."
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Cibona
Forward
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MARSHALL, RAWLE
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"This was a very important game, because if we had lost, we might not be able to get into the Top 16. I knew we had to win and I'm glad we came out with a victory. It is a little tough for me to play one game a week. Tonight I was much more relaxed than in the last two Euroleague games. I had a lot of energy and I knew what I had to do in the game."
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Le Mans
Head Coach
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JACKSON, JOHN-DAVID
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"We started with confidence and with solutions on offense, but in the last few weeks we have dropped with our toughness on defense. For me that is frustrating. Players are thinking and concentrating about finding their offense, but the way we should do it is to focus on our defense. Before Rawle Marshall started hitting shots, we were doing well. He is a great player, but he is not real big and maybe we should have been playing tougher defense on him."
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Le Mans
Forward
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BLUTHENTHAL, DAVID
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"It is not a good feeling. We work just as hard as the other teams. We have talented players, a good coach, we are in a great situation. And to be winless at this stage of the competition is a tough pill to swallow. But we have three games remaining and we have to believe. We are not yet mathematically eliminated and crazier things have happened. Basketball is a special game, and you can turn it around any minute. We have to stay focused."
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Le Mans
Guard
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CHASE, BRIAN
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"It is a very big, tough loss. We are not out mathematically. We got to stay confident. Five out of seven games were very close, we felt like we had a chance to win all five of those. Right now we are at a tough period, we have to get everybody on the same page. Who knows what can happen if we win these last three games. We are making mistakes. Cibona is a disciplined team, they are good players and play good together but if we would have minimized our mistakes it would have been a totally different game. Just like when they came to our gym."
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