Zénith basketball player Sergey Karasev in a conversation with , he noted that in the VTB United League match against Paris Nizhny Novgorod, everything did not go as planned for the St. Petersburg team.
On Tuesday, Zenit basketball players won a home victory in the VTB United League regular season match against Paris NN with a score of 68:65.
“We finally pulled out that win, even though three minutes before the end of the last quarter we were down by about six points. Dublevich scored a very important three pointer, Trent Fraser played a very good game. As for the game as a whole, the opponents dismantled us very well. We played poorly somewhere in defense. But victory remains victory, that’s the most important thing.
— Do such victories allow us to forget fatigue?
-Actually, I’m quite tired. But victories are always a source of inspiration. Especially when during the meeting everything doesn’t always go as planned. Matches like the one against Paris NN are very important.
— Four seconds before the siren, with “+3” in favor of “Zénith”, Paris NN had its last attack, but the opponent did not convert its “three points”.
“We changed wisely,” said the player Dublevitch, who is much taller. So I think we did everything we needed to do in this episode.
— Was there no plan to commit a mistake?
“It’s dangerous in a situation like this.” If the opponent has four seconds of possession, they can shoot at any time. This means that a foul is a risk, because you can make three free throws. One case immediately comes to mind when we played the final with CSKA, Loyd shot from his half, Lech Shved made a foul and they took three shots. It was therefore better to proceed as we did.
— Is Zenit gradually improving the tournament situation?
— We have four victories in a row. Even with the injuries, we continued on a winning streak. We have to continue in the same spirit and, of course, we are waiting for the guys to recover so that they come back as quickly as possible,” Karasev told .
Zenit won the eighth match of the season and rose to third place in the standings.
Watch live broadcasts of VTB United League matches on Match Group TV channels, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
Source : MatchTV
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