Ronen Ginzburg: "In the second half we played much better in defense"

Ронен Гінзбург: "У другій половині матчу ми зіграли набагато краще в захисті"

Comment by the head coach of BC "Prometey" Ronen Ginzburg after the game with BC "Cluj".


- Coach, congratulations, great comeback in the second half, great victory. What can you say about this game?


-In the second half we played much better in defense, it started with the attitude, not with solutions. We should do it more often. We play quite well in attack, even without a remarkable percentage of long-range throws. Today our offense was also good. We have to improve the defense. I am so happy for players. We had a very hard week because some players have injuries, some players got sick. We came out and demonstrated our character.


-You started with a rather unusual five. What can you say about the debut of the game? Your colleague, the head coach of "Cluj", said that in the first half the game was more like an All Stars Match, not like basketball.


-Listen, two of the most effective teams of the EuroCup played, by the way. One of the teams hould have started playing in defense in order to win this confrontation. We started playing in defense in the second half of the game. This kind of starting five was because I wanted to secure some players from early fouls. At the beginning it was important for me that Dustin and Ondrej to play against Stipanovic as they know him a little bit better. It did not work very well. However, exactly because of that we started with this line-up.


-You changed the offense in the third quarter, started loading the “Paint”, Ondrej gained a lot of points, he dominated in the third quarter. How would you comment on this aspect of the game?


- It was what we expected from Ondrej. Yes, sure, it is sometimes difficult for guards to get the ball there for him. I know him from the work in the national team; I know his strengths. That is the game I expect from him almost in every match. The same in defense. He helped us very much. I had to replace him, he could not play 40 minutes, the same with DJ Kennedy. I am happy for Ondrej.


- What happened with Issuf Sanon? How does he feel?


- Hope, everything will be good with him. He will undergo a medical examination. The doctor is taking care of him. We will know a bit later if his injury is a serious one.