Alperen Sengun: 'I didn’t give up on this series, and I just wanted to let everybody know'
Facing a 0-3 series deficit, 23-year-old Sengun challenged his teammates to keep their season alive, a message that resonated throughout a balanced offensive performance where every starter scored at least 16 points. “I didn’t give up on this series, and I just wanted to let everybody know,” underlined the Turkish starting center to open his postgame press conference. “Just going into the games, watching the films.
I just wanted to do something different. I’m glad it worked, and everyone came out to play today. Hopefully, everybody’s mindset has changed going into the fifth game.
We saw it today, and I’m really happy for that. ” The Giresun native reflected on the difficulty of displaying leadership while navigating a second language. “After the talk, everybody was saying that you really motivated me.
And I was like, ‘My language was good? ’. They were, ‘You messed up one point, but I don’t care’.
I was happy because they understood me. It’s hard to talk in another language, but I try every day,” Sengun added. EuroHoops.