The MBA players managed to show character and turn things around, losing heavily to Zenit in the encounter, Igor Kocharyan, general manager of the Moscow club, told .
MBA beat Zenit in extra time of the United League regular season home game with a score of 76:75. According to the results of past matches, the Petersburgers take 3rd place in the standings, the Muscovites are on the 4th line.
– Emotions after the game are the most positive. There is pleasure, satisfaction from the work accomplished. And it’s not just a victory – it’s a victory for the team, a victory for the system, which shows that despite serious personnel problems (because we now have a fairly large list of injured people), all the basketball players we have are ready to replace the injured guys. All are highly motivated, ready to go out and fight.
You can lose, but you can win – we treat this philosophically. But the most important thing is the atmosphere that reigns during the match in the hall, it is the spectators who support the team. The team simply cannot play indiscriminately and fight for every inch of the floor. And, perhaps, this is the most important thing. The victory is in the atmosphere of the room, in the dedication of the guys, in the “chemistry” that is now in the team. So only words of gratitude to the team, ”Kocharyan said in an interview with a correspondent.
– How was the MBA stronger than Zenit in this encounter?
– In general, it’s very happy that the Petersburgers played with a full roster. They’ve had a lot of injuries, but now they’ve brought in all their best basketball players. It’s great that we played against a very good opponent. At a certain period of the match, we lost a lot, but the guys just didn’t crumble, showed character and turned things around. First of all, from the defense… Somewhere the shots were already on point, but in the end they endured and put pressure on the opponent.
Source : MatchTV
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