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As soon as Andrea Trinchieri stepped out of Palau Blaugrana as a winner, Bayern's head coach knew what was coming.

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That's why he quickly downplayed the question about German basketball specialists, who suggested that if Munich plays this way, advancing would be a logical step for Bayern.

"No, no, no, I have one game tomorrow," the experienced EuroLeague coach shook his head.

"We don't proceed to anything. We don't do anything. We have to survive tomorrow's game and find the way to play," Trinchieri added.

As he likes to say, "in this game, you put on a helmet, armor, and have all the weapons to resist." But this time, that's not exactly the case.

His primary offensive weapon Darrun Hilliard is likely out for the season. His point guard Corey Walden is not ready to play yet, and center Leon Radosevic is questionable for Tuesday's game.

There's something more that wasn't given to Bayern but helped them survive through incredible difficulties this year, including numerous injuries and three covid outbreaks.

"The performance of my players is hiding many things that happened to us. It's very similar to ESPN's 30 for 30 film Survive and Advance. We've been through things that if I make a story, it would be it. The book would be unbelievable what happened to us," Trinchieri emphasized.

"The unity and performance of my players hide all the problems we had. But it would be a huge mistake to look too far. In 24 hours, we have a game against the best team by ranking, the best team by roster, and the best team by coach and system. There’s nothing more than this. I don’t look at anything more than this," Trinchieri confirmed.

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The Italian specialist was proud of his team for coping with the obstacles on and off the court and stealing the home-court advantage.

But he stays fully aware of what kind of beast is coming to town.

"As I said after Game 2, we know exactly where we are. We just won one game. A good game, well played with the right mentality. But we just earned the privilege to play two home games. But thinking about two home games would be a big mistake," Trinchieri said in the press conference.

"I believe we have to focus on tomorrow's game, that will be very difficult. Barca has enough of everything to navigate through this situation. Most of the time, in best-of-five, the first two games end 1-1. But they were also in this situation last year. I don't expect anything different from the first two games, where you need to fight for every ball, give even more energy, and play possession after possession," Trinchieri added.

"It doesn't sound very special, but this is reality. I don't want to live out of reality. I'm down to earth. I know what's going to happen. I know exactly that Barca is still the biggest favorite to win it all."

Speaking of adjustments, Trinchieri mentioned a few aspects where Barcelona might try to strike them.

"I believe the game will be extremely physical with a lot of contact and ball inside. They’re going to try to play big. We’ll have to cope with that and respond," Trinchieri said.

Knowing each other so well, Trinchieri doesn't think that there might be many unpredictable things in these series.

Although some players came out as a surprise to Barcelona in Game 2.

Deshaun Thomas went from scoreless in Game 1 to a 25-point hero in Game 2.

Andreas Obst also had his career-high 15 points after not showing up in Game 1.

"I was very lucky to have players that understood that they need to step up, like Deshaun, Andy. It gave us an unbelievable boost. We need to do it maybe with other players. But I don’t believe there are many unpredictable things in this series," Trinchieri told.

"I believe that if you put a camera on 90 degrees over the court, there is a ball covered in flames and moving to Barca and Bayern halfcourt. We know everything about both teams, the way of coaching. It really comes to the moment what player can do something in that specific moment."

Bayern will host Barcelona in Munich on Wednesday and Friday. The Germans tied the series in Barcelona 1-1.

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