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...
against bounce character quick top turnaround
It's going to take some character for us to bounce back, with the quick turnaround against another top team.
feels felt pain
It's getting better every day. But I'm not going to say it feels good. I felt pain with every step.
beautiful everybody playing
It was beautiful to watch. Everybody was playing unselfishly.
plays scouting
It usually comes down to who plays the hardest. Put scouting aside, and it's very important that we play hard. If you don't show up, you're going to go home.
next season starting
It's a new season starting next week, and everybody's going to be 0-and-0. It's one-and-done, and if we have the right mindset, we're going to advance.
missed shots
It's an ugly, embarrassing loss. We missed our shots and they made theirs.
finish free game last learned lesson missed step
We're getting better. We learned a lesson with our last game (against Duke). We missed some shots, missed some free throws. We didn't finish it. I think (Saturday) was a big step forward.
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.
beat control wake
We have to go in and beat Wake Forest, that's all we can control right now.
behind deserve four games good past win
Those four games we had to put behind us, and this win we have to put behind us too. We've just got to put the past behind. We had a good season, we deserve to be here.
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.
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.
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.