“We have to prepare to be at our best level”

Joaquín Jones was one of the most prominent players in Atenas’ victory over San Telmo by 91-87. After the game, he spoke with Basketball Total.

To begin with, the “15” of the set of black wings made reference to the keys to a worked triumph: “It all happened by not letting us fall. It was worked, yes, but one of the virtues we had was to stay strong during the forty minutes. Calm was essential, we were constant and we found where to put the ball in the most complicated moments“.

Athens achieved victory in the last gasps of the match, about this and the difficulty of the DTA he said: “It was a pretty tough game as it was in the past as well and as they are going to be the majority in the division. Without a doubt, the most important thing was the victory we achieved today, I feel happy about that, we have to go step by step“.

Jones had a different role in the meeting and despite that he was able to draw differences: “I had to play a lot as an intern, a job that is not what I do best, but it was what the team needed. The most important thing was that there were moments of good basketball and that the things that we work on every day came out, despite being a team that ended up getting together to train with two weeks before the start of the championship.“.

Finally, the Athens player highlighted the good squad that was put together for the competition: “It is a great Uruguayan basketball team, which was armed with very good players and is going to fight at the top. Anyway, you have to give him time, this is game by game, it will be long. We must prepare to be at our best level“.