Ilian Evtimov
Ilian Evtimov
Ilian Evtimov, is a professional basketball player for Élan Chalon of the French League. A French national, he is the youngest son of Bulgarian basketball star IlijaEvtimov and the brother of professional Euroleague player Vassil "Vasco" Evtimov. He is a 6 feet 7 inches tall, 215 pounds small forward-power forward...
dig grind wins
These are the kind of wins you want, where you have to dig in and grind it out. Those wins are the best.
game last season
This is the last game at home, sure, but there's a lot of season left.
confidence experience finding finish games giving pay putting situations ways win wins
This is giving us a lot of experience come March. It's putting us in situations where we're finding ways to win each time. Wins like this give us a lot of confidence that we can finish games when it's close. We've been ahead, we've been behind, we've been tied. So all that experience is going to pay off in March.
business moving
Now it's our business to keep on moving forward.
character kept scoring state
That's not us. That's not N.C. State defense. That's not our character. That's not our identity. They kept scoring at will.
adjustment coach great hard job justin offense open point touching work
They had to work really hard on offense to get open looks. We did a great job on Justin Gray, to the point where their coach had to make an adjustment because he was not touching the ball.
carolina character either next north respond smoking whipped
We know we didn't play well, North Carolina just whipped us tonight. It's going to take some character for us to come back. We're either going to respond or we're going to fold. We're going to have to come out smoking the next game.
everybody excited kinds plays
Those are the kinds of plays we need from him. Those are the kinds of plays that get everybody excited and involved.
experience finished game maturity supposed
Our maturity and experience showed. We finished this game like you're supposed to.... We made plays.
double games instead points three winning
Instead of winning games by two or three points in double overtime, we can win those games by 10 or 15 points, you know?
everybody hit knows tony
In this league, everybody knows Tony Bethel is going to hit 3s.
bad basketball good guess knowing people playing radar situation team
I guess we're going to go in under the radar now. People are going to say that we're not playing real well. But that's not a bad situation to be in, knowing that you are a very good basketball team that's just going through a bad stretch.
against arena deny duke fans key loud poise possibly pressure stay together top tries trying
I just tell them to keep their poise and composure. That's the key for us winning. Duke tries to get you out of your game, they like to pressure you, they like to deny you. On top of that they've got the fans that are trying to be as loud as they possibly can in that little arena they have. When all that's going against you, you've got to stay together and stay poised.
cameron defensive great job justin posting terrific tremendous
Cameron had a terrific game; he did a great job on Justin Gray. He is a tremendous defensive player, and he did a great job on offense, posting up inside.