EA7 Emporio Armani Milano is going to play in Oaka against Panathinaikos on Friday night. This is the third road game for Olimpia out of four Euroleague games. This is what Coach Luca Banchi had to say before leaving for Athens: “We’ll play before an extraordinary crowd against a team who’s in great shape like they showed one week ago by destroying Fenerbahce thank to the Diamantidis-Fotsis combo and a great shooting night. Panathinaikos built its roster around experienced and reliable players to go along talented and athletic ones. Their feeling with new coach Ivanovic’s system is obvious. We achieved a great win in Munich and need to look at this game with a very determined and courageous approach. It’ll take also a grain of unconsciousness to win on a court who apparently is impossible”:
Linas Kleiza: “It’s a tough game against a team good at creating a lot of open looks, transition threes especially at home. So we need to control the tempo of the game since the beginning”.