“It was a good game with Neftchi, they also fought."
Idman.biz reports that this was said by the head coach of Khazri basketball club Murat Dikmen.
The Turkish coach of the debutant evaluated the game in which they won 86:84 against Neftchi in the 10th round of the Azerbaijan Basketball League. He said that they had a problem with the internationals before this match: "They were in their country because of the holiday. On their way back, there was a problem with the ticket. For example, Mark Vital arrived early on game day. Cordon Perkins joined us the evening before. Last week we started training with five players. We could not do tactical work with them. We didn't even go to the pre-match training with the full squad."
According to Dikmen, they won thanks to the correct tactics: "I told the players in the dressing room that we have a system, a program, we are used to each other, we will do it every time. You just don't need to pick up the pace. Because if we do that, we'll get tired, we won't be able to finish the game. We wanted to lower the tempo and continue our game. We managed to do that. In the middle of the third period, when Neftchi lost energy in defense, we increased the tempo. The difference increased to 17 points. But the difference in points brought us comfort, we made wrong decisions, even when we gave way to simple ball losses, the opponent managed to take the game to the end. Our team was very tired lately. Therefore, we lost simple balls. We could not get the ball out of the double fights. In any case, we stayed calm and played smart. It was a strange ending. Kamran Mammadov's consecutive triples brought the game to where it was. It happened in the last match as well. The difference in points increased to 18. But the opponent eliminated it. The main thing was the victory."
It should be noted that Khazri, who increased his score to 18 after this victory, became the leader.
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