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"We Want to Win in Greece" 16/03/2011

SIENA – Minds are on Euroleague, no doubt, but in casa Mens Sana, goals go coincide with matches, to first there’s the championship and then Europe. Even Shaun Stonerook reiterated the point. The player exited yesterday because of an ankle sprain that has everyone holding their breath. We’ll know more about his condition today, but "Hulk Hogan" (he’s cut his beard the same was as the wrestling champion) wants to be there. Yesterday, he declared to MSB TV, "We need to think about Tercas before focusing on the playoffs, which will be a great series. We’re really happy to be among the top eight teams in Europe, and we obviously hope to move forward.” The Teramo match tomorrow willl be a hard rock to climb, so a lot of concentration is needed. Hulk Hogan-Stonerook comments, "It’s obviously not a game to underestimate. They beat Treviso and have good players. We need to play well to get back into shape after a few days without games. We want to play and execute our game as best as possible in order to head into the Olimpiakos challenge in the best shape possible.”  Regarding the strong, Greek team, Montepaschi’s captain says, “Olympiakos is a great team and they have the home court advantage. It will be hard for us. That’s why we need to be able to play a team game, especially on defense, because I think it’s defense that lets you win the game in these situations. And we can’t forget to play hard for the entire 40 minutes.” Stonerook doesn’t think the pressure is all on Olimpiakos. "They came in first in their group and predictions say we can’t pull it off, but we’re going to Athens to win. It would be a great thing to win a game in Pireus; we’d go back to Siena with a chance to finish things off. But let’s take it one game at a time. If we’re not able to win, we’ll try to do it in Siena and go for game-5.”

 






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