Before “Bet on Nizhny Novgorod » Andrei Vorontsevich in a conversation with , he emphasized that the Nizhny Novgorod team showed a good level of basketball in the VTB United League Super Cup, and also said that the main thing for the team in the new season is to enter the playoffs of the VTB League, and then we must solve problems as they arise.
On Sunday, the Nizhny Novgorod team lost to Turkish Fenerbahce in the match for third place in the Super Cup – 80:82.
— How do you evaluate the team’s performance during the Super Cup? What was missing to win the match against Fenerbahce? After all, success was close at hand.
“I think we played well.” In the first match against UNICS (86:82), we fought and showed ourselves well. And apparently, they gave a lot of energy in this match. During the meeting with Zenit (61:86), I agree, the energy was not the same. The St. Petersburg team played at their level: they scored almost everything. In this game we fought for two and a half quarters and then we didn’t have enough strength. Also, (Alexa) Novakovic is out of action – God bless him. But in the match against Fenerbahçe, I think we had a great match. Losing by two points is of course very disappointing.
Naturally, you want to win. But Fenerbahçe has a Euroleague level team. There is no need to neglect this. And they have a well-established team, they have been together for a long time. We have a renewed team, we are adjusting our basketball. I think we gave energy in this match. And, relatively speaking, if we had scored a three-pointer, we would have won by one point. But the most important thing is that we have shown character, that we have room to grow and something to strive for. The team has potential. The most important thing is that guys have confidence in themselves and their partners. As for playing against Fener, it’s not easy playing against big guys like (Georgios) Papayannis and (Jonathan) Motley. We will adjust the defense. I can’t say we played badly, but fatigue took its toll in the third game in a row.
— What will Nizhny Novgorod residents compete for in the new season?
– Out of town, out of the club. The most important thing is to be healthy, get to the playoffs, and then we will wait and see,” Vorontsevich told .
The new season of the VTB United League begins on September 30.
Source : MatchTV
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