Bartzokas: «Tonight's win was very important» (vid)

Giorgos Bartzokas appeared to be satisfied by his players' defensive reaction in three of the four quarters of the game, when talking for the post-game press conference following the home win over Dunai.

His initial statement: «First of all, we are very happy that a new season is underway and we continue to participate in the highest level of European basketball. We are ready to fight hard and improve and under that perspective, tonight's win is very important. Dubai is a very talented team in offense and our defensive reaction, mainly in 3 out of the 4 quarters of the game, had been very good. At the same time, we had the chance to manage playing time without having to exhaust any one player, no one played more than 25 minutes, and that had been our plan all along, since we have games on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday and we have to manage all that».

Asked about the readiness level of Frank Ntilikina: «He will have to have more minutes, more that tonight. But the thing is, he hadn't had a pre-season, while everyone else had palyed quite a few games up to now and he only had the chance to play against Maroussi. He's still in pre-season mode and we have to be less demanding of him and not judge him harshly. He's a quality player and he's going to help us a lot».

THE FULL PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE VIDEO THAT FOLLOWS...