In quarter final on day one of Spor Toto Turkish Cup Anadolu Efes defeated Fenerbahçe by 82-69 and qualified to the semi-final and Anadolu Efes’ coach Ufuk Sarıca made a statement after the game, saying that we defended very efficiently and we were decided to win.
Sarıca said: “First of all I would like to state that this game seemed difficult for both teams because of the results in Euroleague. But we used our energy better in the field. We dominated the game. We were almost sure about our power in the field, we proved that at the end of the game. We shared a lot in the field and we had the ball possession and scored easily. If we had performed better in rebounds, the score would be totally different. We have been suffering from the lack of some players for a long time, Kerem is injured but still he joins us and these are the sources of the problems. But, despite everything, today we defended very well. We played in a decided way and won the game.
Nothing is certain at the moment. Here we have three final games, now we will play two more games that we have to win. We will face Banvit in the semi-final game. Banvit is a very valuable team, they have a very valuable coach. We will prepare for this game. We want to win this cup, we are decided...”