Defender of Moscow CSKA Ivan Ukhov after the victory over Petersburg “Zenith” in the series for third place in the VTB United League, told that at this stage the team was happy with third place in the tournament.
On Monday, CSKA basketball players beat Zenit on home soil in the fifth game of the series for third place in the VTB United League 82:79, won the series 4-1 and won the tournament bronze medals. CSKA is 10 times league champion.
– Of course, they didn’t want to drag out this series. We wanted to win today, which we were able to do. In this game, we managed to close a difficult gap. Where we fell a little behind the opponent and he felt the match.
– In general, probably, did you expect more from this season?
– Of course, I wanted to play the final, but it’s also an experience. Everything happens. It is a sport. Basketball is unpredictable. Somehow it didn’t work out in the semi-finals with Lokomotiv. We played well sometimes, sometimes less well. Lokomotiv performed very well throughout the playoffs. Somewhere, maybe, we underestimated the opponent, somewhere we made mistakes. But where it is, it is there. So a happy third place at this point,” Ukhov told correspondent.
UNICS Kazan and Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar fight for victory in the tournament, the series score is 3-1 in favor of Kazan.
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Source : MatchTV
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