Xavi Pascual: "Out of concentration, out of fighting spirit"
— I'm already here more than four years, and I don't remember one time that I said the words that I'm going to say now. I want to apologize to all the supporters for the game that we played today. Out of concentration, out of fighting spirit. In the first half we keep the game because an offense more or less were good playing. But after the break It was exactly the opposite: turnovers, bad defense, and after that, immediately that Loko took the advantage, we give up, and we destroyed the game.
— Was there anything unexpected for you in the actions of Lokomotiv today?
— No, it just to congratulate Lokomotiv for his game, but it was one game that we allowed all the players to have confidence. It was from the beginning, we didn't play defense at all.
— What is the condition of the injured players? Trent Frazier and Dwayne Bacon, who came out today after an injury, and the condition of Denis Zakharov, who did not play.
— Denis was out these days, but he's going better, I think. I don't know how many days more he needs, but it's not something so grave. Bacon, he was okay, still with some pain, but not too much. Frazier made a big effort to help the team but still he was not ready and this is why when the game was so much under the score he didn't play more.
— In a critical moment you gave a chance to Scherbenev and Ryzhov, why did you make such a decision? Do they train so good?
— Yes, but also it was one moment that the other players didn't play well. And it was their moment to try, nothing else. And all the players, they practice and they are ready to play.
— In the fourth quarter, the lead shrank to 11 points. What was not enough to build on the success and equalize the score?
— These three points are still 2 minutes 50 seconds of Moon in fast break if his score is another game. When you are losing so much points it's very difficult to come back. We give up in the third quarter, the advantage was catastrophic and after that we couldn't come back.
