The Barça coach, Sarunas Jasikevicius, blamed this Friday’s defeat in the second game of the semifinals of the Endesa League against him Unicaja (79-88) to the inconsistency of his team, especially in defense.
“Throughout 40 minutes we have been very inconsistent, especially in defending. In some moments we were good, but quickly we have lost control of the party and they have hurt us with their game”, summed up the Lithuanian coach from the press room at the Palau Blaugrana.
Jasikevicius declared that “the points in counterattacks and one against one” of Unicaja were “a real outrage”, and recognized the superiority of his opponent: “I want to congratulate Unicaja now ibon (Navarrese). have been better and They have had more energy. That has been one of the keys today”.
Saras acknowledged that “It is important” that the series moves to Malaga with draw 1-1 for the dispute of the next two duels: “It is always better to play with your people, but it is not final. Today one team has played well and the other team hasn’t, and the one that hasn’t played well he has lost in front of his peoplewhich by the way has been very good”.
“Now it’s time to be smart. a game is played every 48 hours. Neither after the 1-0 were we very high, nor now very low. They are the semifinals of the ACB. It’s going to be hard, it’s got to be hard. It’s time to suffer, without a doubt”, he added.
Jasikevicius stated his concern about Barça’s situation: “it would be crazy not be worried. You have to worry because the team that in theory does not have tall players nor dominant in the reboundhe is dominating the games on the rebound”.
“We knew how good they are on the counter attack and punishing losses, but we have to find pride and energy in these situations to play a better game. I’m concernedYes, of course, but you have to take things a little calmly. Hopefully we can react”, he concluded.