By Alex Molina / info@eurohoops.net

It was a tough night for Baskonia in Sofia.

And after losing to Hapoel Tel Aviv, Paolo Galbiati showed no restraint in criticizing his players.

“Defensively, it was a tough night for us. We were inconsistent in one-on-one; they scored every time. They scored a lot of mid-range pull-up, credit to them, but with this kind of defense, we cannot compete”.

One of the things that made the Italian coach even more mad was the lack of passion from his players.

“At halftime, I was a little bit mad with them because I truly believe we can compete. OK, they are an unbelievable team, but when we play our game and style, from -14 we come back to -5. But then, we stop to play defense. We need all the players every night. It was tough to accept for me; man

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