Mrsic: We have been on the verge of relegation four times, I expect fans to be jerking and supporting us …
Basketball players Split they won Zadar At the Grip 74-73 in the third game of the Premier League final. In doing so, they reduced the backlog to 2-1 in the final series. Split was led by the victory Shannon Shorter with 19 points and Adam Smith with 16, while at Zadar Vladimir Mihailovic He scored the 22nd fourth game scheduled for Saturday, June 14, in Split.
– The higher energy of Split ruled the match. We didn’t finish it well. At the end, they introduced three high players and thus prevented our « post-up » game. We will have to find a solution for it in the fourth game. There are two more games, one we have to win – he said after the match Mate Kalajzic.
Daniel YusupZadar coach, congratulated the host on the victory. He pointed out that he believed that a good shooter of Split was ruled.
– Congratulations to Split on the victory, they were a shots in the mood, almost 50 percent of shots by three points and in such a situation it is difficult to win. They were better in the jump than before. The shades decided, eventually to the side of Split – he said.
For the last three and a half minutes you three bases, none?
– Obviously, we ran out of strength and concentration. Split has capitalized, especially with a silence. Unlike Zadar, they better hit the threes and that ruled.
Will there be freshness for a new game?
– We will do our best to recover and come as fresh as possible to that match, – the Zadar strategist concluded.
The center of Split, Kresimir Ljubicicannounced the next game in which the citizens of Split will try to bring the playoffs back to Egal.
– We showed a different face than in Zadar, we came out ready to fight, we answered physically and deservedly won. In the next game we have to do our best to return the series to Zadar. It was quite hot, physically very demanding. I invite the fans to come on Saturday. If we just fell in the last two minutes, then that’s good. We are the best when we come to the wall. I think I played well, the injury disturbed me a little, but now I’m ready and I can help the team – said Ljubicic.
A review of the match was also given by the Split coach, Veljko Mrsic.
– It was interesting, a real play-off match. This is the fourth game on the verge of relegation and each time we were able to save ourselves. The team shows the desire, we kept Zadar in a small number of jumps and that allowed us to win. Zadar in Visnjik starts with a dozen points of advantage, here is another story … It was felt that the players were very tired, with their hands on their knees, and we must use it. I told the players that Tonko Vuko stopped Wahla and thus gave energy to the whole team, infected the team with energy, we acted very well defensively, especially with three tall players.
Who is the advantage?
– We have a lot of problems in Zadar, and it has not been from yesterday, it has been around since the time of Kukoc and Raja. We beat them in Zabok, we won them here, and if we get them once more, they will not be easy in Zadar either. It’s a lot of pressure … I hope our fans will be slightly twitching and there will be more yellow jerseys in the stands on Saturday – Mrsic concluded.
