Sarunas Jasikevicius, Barça coach, highlighted Cory Higgins’ “great game” in the victory against Real Madrid that places them within a league title victory, although he fled from favoritism and asked his players to take to the court on Tuesday “ with great humility ”because they will face“ a champion team that has gone through many of these wars ”.
“Cory has played a great game, he has thrown the team on his back and has been very solid not only in attack, but also in defense, where he was the one who was passing the blocks the best,” said the Lithuanian coach at a press conference. reference to the American shooting guard, who scored 26 points.
“On Tuesday we have a very great opportunity but we know that ahead there will be a champion team that has gone through many of these wars with the same coach and players. In 48 hours there will be a new war in the Palau and this will start again from scratch ”, he warned.
Jasikevicius decided to think about which aspects of the game have stood out this Sunday and which ones have not, and study how they have faced previous qualifying rounds to correct mistakes: our house, but we have to think about the team and that we have to play like in the third and last quarters today, and not like in the first two ”.
“Today we have played two very different parts. In the first we were a bit off-focus and the best news was the result as being only three points behind was very good for us. In the third quarter we played good basketball, we knew how to read the situations better and hit the free throws that we missed in the first half and we have been much more aggressive, penetrating the basket and playing our basketball ”, the Lithuanian summed up.