MBA offensive guard Daniil Kasatkin told that every basketball player on the team is interested in getting results.
Earlier, commentator Vladimir Gomelsky, a four-time Russian champion with CSKA, wrote on his website that the MBA did not have foreign players in its roster, meaning it was not responsible for the result.
— Last season, MBA became a revolutionary team, but this season things are a little less good. What is the reason?
– It’s a combination of several factors: the average level of the league has increased, we are no longer treated like easy whips to beat. All the teams are preparing for us, knowing that it will not be easy to play against us. We lost a lot of games at the end, something was missing somewhere. In my opinion, this season we show in some places even more mature basketball than last year, but there is not enough spark, especially in the last minutes. On the other hand, we reached the Final Four of the Russian Cup, where we will fight for medals in a prestigious tournament.
— Vladimir Gomelsky recently said that the IBA had no foreign players and therefore was not responsible for the result. What can you answer?
— We are certainly responsible for the result. It is clear that more is expected from giants like CSKA or Zenit than from us. But I can say with certainty that after defeats we all get angry, feel pressure and want to please the fans. We can’t say that we are not responsible for the result, we all want to win every game and get to the playoffs.
— How do you rate your chances of reaching the playoffs?
— I am optimistic, every athlete should set the highest goals for themselves. The whole second round is coming, there are play-in matches, you don’t have to enter the top eight, you can reach the playoffs from ninth or tenth place. While we still have chances, we will try to beat our direct competitors,” Kasatkin told .
MBA takes sixth place in Group B of the second stage of the regular season, the top two teams qualify for the playoffs and the third and fourth teams also have a chance to advance to the final part of the tournament through matches dam. . MBA has nine victories in 28 matches in the VTB United League season.
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Source : MatchTV
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