Rudež and Bogdanović: We apologize to Croatian people. We were too nervous'

After the OT victory in a World Cup opener against Phillipines, Bogdanović and Rudež had interviews after the game:

"It was really close, and I apologize to Croatian people, but the only thing that counts is victory. It was the beginning of the competition, new rims, new balls, just getting adjusted to it. We need to get ready for Argentina. They are one of the best teams in the world. Tomorrow it's going to be different type of game and I hope we will win" - said Damjan Rudež, the new member of Indiana Pacers.

Bojan Bogdanović also had some words after the game:

"Honestly we were too nervous. Defeat would really bring us down mentally, and also in the group. 1st quarter was good, and then we gave them open shots. We didn't played defense like we needed to. But only thing that matters is that we got 2 points, we knew it was going to be hard, but not like this. We let our players to guard Blatche 1 on 1 too much, and that got us into trouble."

Croatia plays tomorrow against Argentina.

Written by Hrvoje Vujanic