President of CSKA basketball club Andrey Vatutin said that, like the fans, he was disappointed with the result of the VTB United League playoff semi-final against Lokomotiv-Kuban, but stressed that there was a need for a detailed analysis of what s had passed before making any personnel decisions.
Monday CSKA in overtime lost to the Krasnodar club in the seventh game of the series with a score of 100:103 and for the first time in history did not reach the final of the tournament.
— First of all, I would like to congratulate Lokomotiv for the history of reaching the final, in this series they were better than us and will deservedly fight for the “gold” of the VTB United League championship. Seven games were a real gift for the fans, alas, with a negative result for us. It should be recognized that our defeat was not a matter of luck or chance, even if we were one step away from victory. Loko managed to make an excellent team for the playoffs, to impose his aggressive basketball on us. A big thank you to the fans who supported us until the end, I thank our loved ones and our families.
I understand and share the emotions and even the anger of the fans, but today is not the time to make drastic decisions. Detailed analysis and conclusions are coming, each of us must now analyze what happened. It is better to think and talk about the future with a calm head. Today it is only worth saying that in this series we did not respect the chances we had. Losses, missed free-kicks, missed advantage in game three, other bad decisions. The injuries of the main players, Milutinov and Shved, played a big role, but all this will now sound like an excuse, but I’m not looking for excuses. We won together and we lost together as a team. We have a difficult period of life, we will try to get out of it and find emotions for the series for third place. It’s our team, and we have to be with it, not just on winning days. Believe in CSKA,” the CSKA press service quoted Vatutin as saying.
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Source : MatchTV
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