“Lokomotiv” confidently defeated “Zenith” due to the fact that they played an excellent pick-and-roll” – Keyru

“Lokomotiv-Kuban “won a crushing victory over”Zenith “In an away match in the VTB United League thanks to good pick-and-rolls and competent defense, the former Russian national team defender told . Victor Keyru .

The meeting in St. Petersburg ended with a score of 93:73 (26:24, 18:11, 25:19, 24:19) in favor of the Krasnodar club. Among the winners, the most productive basketball player was Andrey Martyuk, who scored 32 points.

— Of course, such a big victory for Lokomotiv was unexpected and, I am sure, not only for me. Because Zenit, like Lokomotiv, is one of the leaders of the championship. Plus, he was playing at home. Therefore, everyone probably expected more serious resistance. But, we must give him credit, Lokomotiv played much better. There are some nuances that allowed the Krasnodar team to achieve such a confident result: they play pick-and-roll well, because their shooting percentage is out of the ordinary, there were a lot of single shots . Martyuk scored 14 out of 15 chances for Loko.

Usually, when one leader beats another on the road, he will most often be productive in terms of three-point shooting. We didn’t see that at Lokomotiv. But because he played pick-and-roll very well, there were a lot of easy shots, and the railroaders showed a good shooting percentage. At the same time, it is worth noting the excellent defense of Lokomotiv. They have good pressure on the ball, and because of this they forced Zenit to make more mistakes, and they themselves made only seven defeats against sixteen for the opponent,” Keyru told .

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