Dejan Radonjic explains his late-game decisions against Valencia / News - Basketnews.com

Dejan Radonjic said that the plan was to play switch defense in the end, and that Derrick Williams is more suited for that kind of strategy that Arturas Gudaitis.

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Chris Jones hit a buzzer-beating triple to win the game against Panathinaikos Athens by just a single point. After the game, the Greek team's head coach Dejan Radonjic received some uncomfortable questions.

Player of the Game EFF 33 Chris Jones Points 24 Accuracy 8-10 Rebounds 4 Assists 5

First, the coach was asked if fouling Chris Jones or any other player while being up by two would have been a better strategy late in the game. The Montenegrin coach explained his decision.

"[I asked] to play defense, to play switch," Radonjic said. "This is always a discussion in the last possession [whether] to foul or not to foul. In these circumstances... Paris Lee played for almost 40 minutes, 1-5 man, 4 fouls, [Dwayne] Bacon was not in the best shape in this game, etc. My decision was to go with this. Unfortunately, they made [the shot]."

Later on, Radonjic was asked whether having Matt Thomas, Dwayne Bacon, and Derrick Williams together on the court was better than others that are more defensive-minded.

"I think that in switch defense, Derrick is much better than Gudaitis as a five," Radonjic explained.

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