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Talking Spartak
Lior Klinger
,01/31/2006 |
We checked in with Anda Ramat Hasharon before they take off to Moscow. Ostfeld says her team is better, Nolan knows what to expect from Leslie and Liron Cohen isn't phased by Ticha Penicheiro.
Match up focus: Nolan Vs. Robinson
Match up focus: Ford Vs. Leslie
Orna Ostfeld
"This should be the final, two very high quality teams. The team is in great shape, everyone is excited. As a team we know we're better, and that's what we'll have to prove. We're coming ready to play and win, like we have all season."
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Deanna Nolan
Do you think there's a favorite in this series? If you look at Spartak's roster, they're loaded.
"We're loaded too. everybody just see Lisa Leslie, and Crystal Robinson, they have a great center and a good shooter, but we have the same. It's gonna be a good match up in all positions, this is playoff time and nobody wants to lose."
In the WNBA, yours and Cheryl's team have a big rivalry with Lisa Leslie's team. Do you think that's going to carry over to Europe?
"Probably, because she's going to know that she's playing against us and we're on the same team. Like you said it has always been a big rivalry between us. Each game she always comes out, you can tell there's always an effort to play hard against us."
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Liron Cohen
Are you feeling the excitement? This is the biggest game of the season
"Of course, it's the best match up, best atmosphere, it's the real final. We knew we'll have to go through them in order to reach our goal this season, the title. We have to go out there and make sure the 2nd game will be the decisive one."
Is there any pressure?
"No, we played two knock out rounds already. A knock out it a knock out, it doesn't matter who the opponent is."
How do you feel about your match up with Ticha Penicheiro?
"It's a big honor, I respect her but at the same time when I get on the court she's gonna be just another player. All the hype is for the fans to come out and enjoy, but I'm coming to play."
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Tamar Maoz
You guys have home court advantage, but would you say you are the favorites?
"It's hard to say, but I wouldn't call us favorites. They have such huge names, so for us to say we're favorites is pretentious but we're not going to back down, we can beat them and it doesn't matter who's the favorite." |
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Cheryl Ford
"We're the underdogs, they have five WNBA players. We know we're the underdogs and we like being the underdogs. We know everybody wants to see us lose, everybody, but we're just gonna come out and give it our all and see what happens." |
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