VTB United League CEO Ilona Korstin talked about how the playoff semi-finals went between CSKA And “Lokomotiv Kuban noting that the Army team knows how to win on long streaks.
On Monday, April 17, Loko defeated Team Army in Game 2 of the series to four wins with a score of 84:83.
– Already after the first game of the series, it was clear that Lokomotiv-Kuban really wanted to fight CSKA. It seems that it was precisely in the decisive part of the season that Loko got into optimal shape. The team started the playoffs well, and this was already noticeable in the first-round series against Pari Nizhny Novgorod. Now Loko is on the same path and with the same motivation started the semi-finals with CSKA.
Now much will depend on the severity of Milutinov’s injury. After all, Nikola is the leader of CSKA and one of the best players in the whole league.
It is worth noting that the head coach of Loko Alexander Sekulich has seriously prepared for CSKA. On Saturday and today, the Krasnodar players had a clear game plan, with a well-thought-out rotation. Everyone on the team has a chance. Young Russian players are progressing. Compared to the start of the season, they play more mature basketball and are not afraid to take matters into their own hands at the decisive moment.
At the same time, the army team definitely did not accept defeat in the second match with Lokomotiv-Kuban. CSKA is a playoff hardened team that knows how to win long streaks.
This season, the semi-finals will go down to four wins for the first time. In this pair, the fight to reach the final will continue in Krasnodar. I’m sure we will have interesting matches and a desperate struggle, – Korstin quotes the official league website.
The score in the best-of-four series was 1–1. The third game will take place on April 20 in Krasnodar.
Watch the live broadcast of the third game of the series starting at 7:55 p.m. (Moscow time) on Match! Game”, as well as the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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Source : MatchTV
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