MILOJEVIC: “MY PLAYERS PLAYED BRAVELY”

Players of Dejan Milojevic for the umpteenth time this season, showed that they never givie up. Despite the minus of even 18 points, players of Mega Leks showed character and with the  great game in defense, they managed to make a miraculous reversal and overcome Partizan.

Great episodic role had Milenko Veljkovic who in only nine minutes on the court, had seven points and six rebounds. After the match a talented center said:

“A very important win for us, we were one of the main rivals for a play-off and made a big step towards it. We neen in the coming matches to do our best and keep the place that will get us to play-off. In the first half we played soft, probably under the impression the audience. In the second part of the match we managed to snap out of it, turn around the match in our favor andat the end deservedly to celebrate. ”

Coach Dejan Milojevic followed up with his comments:

“Today we showed two faces. In the first half we did not play anything, we let10 offensive rebounds and played too soft. We were not aggressive in the defense of which is our trademark this season and we were impressed by the atmosphere in Pionir. Most of the players in the past season played in junior teams and haven’t had the opportunity to play in such an atmosphere,

briefly stopped Milojevic and then added:

“In the second half we played properly on all that we have and make up a large deficit in the rebounds that we had in the first half. We also had 12 steals, which is also great. This is a very important win for us, we showed character as we have shown during in the season, when we repeatedly returned from the minus 20/ My guys played with courage and I congratulate them for it. Thanks for the fans who greeted me warmly, as they do that every time when I am a guest in Pionir”.

At the conclusion of journalists that Aleksandar Aranitovic played probably the best match of the season, Milojevic said: “It is true that Aranitovic played the best match so far, so he could tease his brother (Peter Aranitovic) at home.