Joan Peñarroya’s words after Barça’s defeat to Baskonia

Joan Penarroya He appeared at a press conference after Barca’s 89-93 defeat to Baskonia.

These were the words of the culé coach:

“It’s clear that everything has an impact. Today we played against two teams that had just played two games in the Euroleague. It is clear that they surpassed us from the very beginning. They started scoring easily thanks to the unusual players who came, they were inspired, they came with the desire to play and the need, quote, because we are at the beginning of the Endesa League. We haven’t reached the level we need to be at to win the game. We tried, but there were too many rebounds, too many situations in which it was easy for us to score. Congratulate Baskonia because they deserved today’s victory.

The team did not let go, this is a characteristic that we must maintain throughout the season, but just having the heart and not letting go is not enough. We need to do better and with the right energy, and today we are not at that level. Baskonia were better and they scored against us very easily. In good moments we were answered quickly and I think it was a game in which we were behind in terms of initiative both offensively and defensively.

(On Laprovittola’s injury) The game was influenced by the continuation of the line in which we ended, I don’t know if it had an influence. We’ll have to wait, but of course the worst news today won’t be the current defeat. We’re going to wait for the test results, but it doesn’t look good. Let’s wait to see what happens and see the importance. From here we will see. But there are more and more injuries, many players with long-term injuries, more games, little rest… That’s how it is.

Hopefully the injury is less than we think and the team will have to replace Laprovittola while he is out.

Today’s game will show us what kind of league we have. It’s not surprising because Baskonia came, but it’s difficult to play two EuroLeague games at the level they were at, and in 48 hours we have to play another game, but we have to do it. Because if we don’t, what happened today could happen: we won’t have the initiative, and that’s what we want here in Palau. From the first minute we were behind, we allowed Baskonia to gain confidence and we were all looking for the player who could do us the most damage, which everyone thought could be Markus Howard, and others had an easier time.

It’s not ideal to start the third quarter with three losses, and on the rebound there are energy situations in which we were lower than in recent games. “Clearly these are two areas where we haven’t reached the level that the game requires.”

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