"First of all, I am happy that we won. It was a tough game. We thought it would be beforehand, because it's the third time we play Spartak and all of the games were the same. We knew that we needed the maximum energy and effort to win the game. At the beginning of the game, you saw us get a big advantage and it looked like we might beat them almost easily. But Spartak is a very good team with a very good coach. We gave them oxygen to come back, and they took over the game, and made it very tough on us at the end. For that reason, I want to thank my guys for the energy and the character they showed tonight on the court."
"Giving up the lead, this season we have had this problem. Usually we lead after the first two quarters. Some games like this we led by a lot like this, or in the quarterfinals against Lokomotiv had a advantage in the series and fell behind again. But in the end we saved it and that's why we're at the Eurocup Finals. It's something wrong with our team, losing leads, but we are better than last season. In the end, the lead helps because Spartak maybe had to use a lot of energy to make up 14 points and then more to lead by 10. We got our spirit back and won, but this is something that usually happens to our team this season."
"Some games this season we make 90 or 100 percent of our free throws. Today, we missed a lot of them. I think everybody was nervous knowing how important this game is. Also, I played with seven or eight players and some other guys who just came in for a few minutes to give the others some rest. So the free throw shooters were tired, too. Fridzon almost never misses a free throw. We have to make it better for next game. We also have problems lately scoring under the basket. The last few games we are at 45% or so. But if we want to win tomorrow, we must make all the shots, at the free throw line and under the basket."