The head coach UNICS Velimir Perasovich noted the team’s performance in the fourth game of the VTB United League final series against Lokomotiv-Kuban.
The meeting, held Saturday in Krasnodar, ended with the score of 90:88 (19:12, 29:20, 14:27, 19:22, 9:7) in favor of Kazan.
Congratulations to my team – we won an incredibly tough game. During the long break, we were aware that Loko is a comeback team. Several times this season, they have returned to the game after a bad start. They have someone to dribble and run into quick breaks.
Basketball is not chess, it’s not enough to calculate everything here. Every team has ups and downs. We had a great first half, the opponent – the second. As a result, we came to the end with an equal score. Barford and Akun-Purcell sold us incredible goals today. I’m glad it didn’t break us.
I took out all of our big ones for last, because somehow we had to stop the Lokomotiv-Kuban from bouncing back. As a result, in extra time neither team managed to score easily – and we managed more in this game – Perasovich was quoted by VTB United League press service as saying.
Lokomotiv-Kuban head coach Alexander Sekulich said the team started the game unsuccessfully.
– After such a first half, we had to think a lot, because at the start of today’s game we became a completely different team, which we have been throughout the playoffs. In previous matches in the series, we have shown that we are capable of beating UNICS. But today, they suddenly couldn’t cope with the pressure of the final series. In the second half, we showed character, we dragged the game into overtime, but… I won’t say more. Thank you all,” Sekulich added.
The score in the series up to four wins became 3-1 in favor of UNICS, the fifth game of the confrontation, which can become decisive, will take place in Kazan on May 16.
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Source : MatchTV
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