Before “Spartak » Ilya Kovalchuk told about his impressions of his meeting with the NBA champion with Cleveland Timofey Mozgov .
On Tuesday, Spartak defeated Torpedo (7:3), losing during the match by a difference of three goals in the 14th minute. Kovalchuk missed this meeting by decision of the technical staff, he was entitled to rest. The famous basketball player Timofey Mozgov (height – 216 cm), who became NBA champion in 2016 with Cleveland, came to the match as a guest.
— It’s not often that the NBA champion goes to Spartak hockey matches. Was Timofey Mozgov sitting next to you in the dressing room?
– No. Besides, we just met, we had never communicated in person before. Timofey came with his father to our dressing room. We talked, it was very nice. I said I watched their All-Star Game, which was the day before yesterday. They put on a good show. Well, Mozgov is a legend, NBA champion, who played on the same team as LeBron. When they fought in the Finals against Golden State, I really rooted for his Cleveland team.
It was wonderful meeting you. Timofey is huge! Next to him I felt like a dwarf,” Kovalchuk said in an interview with .
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