Pavićević: I enjoyed watching my players

They made me extremely happy, they deserve all the praise - said the experienced coach after the victory over the Italians

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Mihailo Pavićević entered the "Topolice" press room with a smile and said that he was not comfortable being there, but that each of his players deserved it, because he enjoyed watching them.

- They made me extremely happy, they deserve all the praise. The first quarter is one of the best in our hall. We were in control of the game for almost the entire 40 minutes, with a slight drop in the 3rd quarter, but the victory was never in doubt. The very fact that they all entered the list of scorers is an indication that we are on the way to becoming a real team. I am glad that we are justifying the invitation of the people who run the Eurocup - said Pavićević.

Barani have registered four safe victories since last Tuesday, including tonight.

- I was most afraid that this was our fourth game in eight days, but the energy was at a high level. Thank you to the coaching staff, especially fitness coach Dragan Gačević, who is our biggest reinforcement this season.

The sailor is in a great mood going to Belgrade, where he will visit Crvena zvezda on Sunday.

- Zvezda showed with the team it made that it will be one of the many serious Euroleague players. It will be a collision of two different styles of basketball. Ours is attacking, and Zvezda plays extremely hard and does not allow the opponent's attacking game to develop. It will be an interesting match, we are all looking forward to it. Let's go to measure ourselves, to see where we stand against a Euroleague player.

Brescia coach Vincenzo Esposito was disappointed, but also noted that without Tyler Kalinoski (flu) and TJ Klein (injured at the start), his team could do no more.

- Congratulations to Marnar, he is playing the way a team should play at a high European level. He was aggressive from the first drop and we started to fight too late. It's hard to come back after minus 20. We came to minus eight in the 3rd quarter, but we ran out of energy and it was logical to make stupid mistakes, such as fouls on the three-point shot, but also turnovers.

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