Ettore Messina praises defense and warns his boys

Messina is projected into the future

Ettore Messina, commenting on the victory of Game-4, is è projected toward the future: "Brescia è a different team, plays much more in the low post, but we have to do as in these two games, play as a team, help each other and take something away from the opponent’s offense" emphasizes the coach of’Olimpia Milano.

"Now we are where we wanted to be and we are preparing to play a difficult semifinal, hoping to recover Shavon Shields. It will be a complicated series, becauseé they have led the standings almost all year and at this point whoever is here is thinking about winning the scudetto" adds the white-and-red helmsman.

"Kudos to Trento, for its excellent season and the many games it won,” the Catanian further emphasizes.

We, after the defeat in Game 1, played three very good games in terms of cohesion and desire to help each other. Then in the two matches in Trent also the defense è was excellent. In the middle two quarters the defense guaranteed us rebounds and possibilities to run on the counterattack. That è what dug the break".

"We, after a poor start to the series, gave many significant signs. Trento è a team that fields a lot of shooters on the perimeter and attacks you a lot on penetration. This type of game created problems for us especially when in addition to having players capable of scoring from the outside they scored a lot in penetration" Messina concludes.