THE Panathinaikos he left the home of Real Madrid with the victory and reached 7th in the Euroleague with Ergin Ataman to show his satisfaction with the addition of Kenneth Faried.
Kenneth Farid had 16 points and 8 rebounds in the victory of Panathinaikos in Madrid and Ergin Ataman praised him in his statements, as well as the management of the “clover” that brought the American high in Greece.
Ataman’s statements in detail
“Before the game I told my players that it is a completely different game. Paris plays fast, Real is another team, with another quality, with very good players who have balance both on the perimeter and down low. We played great defense. In the attack we had 17 assists for 4 errors.
To achieve something like this with a team like Real is amazing. We had Farid again who played amazingly in both rackets. We got two wins that showed us what our level really is. First of all, I think the management side, the people involved with the team, did a great job in bringing Farid here.
The ones we lost were essentially playing without a center, something very difficult. With Farid we found a balance. The key to the mental and competitive change, that we performed very well and beat two difficult teams, is also due to this.”