Pablo Laso: 'It's inevitable to have Final 4 in your head' / News - Basketnews.com

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Pablo Laso, head coach of Real Madrid, spoke with club's media prior to Real game with UCAM Murcia in ACB league on Wednesday. He said that his team had to show their best level in the two remaining games in Spanish league but also added that it was inevitabletohave the EuroLeague Final Four in mind.

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"All the players are fit apart from Alocen, who's still out. They've all trained as normal. We had a good week in that respect. We've trained well and recovered," commented Laso. "We're used to playing three or four games each week but last week we lacked a bit of competitive rhythm against Obradoiro. The team did a good job to secure our position in the league"."We've now got a week to work. We're obviously thinking about the Final Four, but we've got two league games left against very good teams who are pushing to make the playoffs. It's important for us to evaluate each game, make them count, and to be ready perform well if we want to win the games", he pointed out.

"Competitive games are where you find your rhythm. It's all very well and good to train, but you have to play and compete. We've got two very good fixtures coming up and we have to focus on being at our competitive best, despite the fact that everyone is looking ahead to next week's Final Four. It would be foolish to not give these games the importance that they deserve. We've got to respect our opponents. They're still playing for things and we need to put in our best possible performance", Laso concluded.

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