CSKA Before the second match of the United League final, VTB considered all possible options for UNICS tactics and achieved a solid advantage in the series, the Army striker told . Anton Astapkovich .
CSKA defeated UNICS on Tuesday in Kazan with a score of 94:83 and took the lead in the best-of-four series with a score of 2-0. The third and fourth matches of the series will take place in Moscow on May 31 and June 2.
— CSKA’s second away match turned out to be simply great. Everyone expected that after the disappointing loss in the first match, UNICS would respond well. How come CSKA reacted better?
“It’s just that from the start of the match we decided to stay on our line.” I think the push we made at the beginning helped us hold on. Yes, there were some failures during the match, but the groundwork we did in the first quarter allowed us to hold on throughout the match.
As for UNICS, they changed their defense in the last match, but we were ready. All possible options [тактики соперника] We fixed it ourselves. So we tried to dictate our defensive aspects. Yes, of course there were mistakes, but where would we be without them?
— In the first match, CSKA was worse in rebounding, but in the second match they won in this aspect. How would you comment on this moment?
— In the first game, there were a lot of awkward and unnecessary bounces. Except I had two. In the second, we tried to control this moment more.
However, in the last match, UNICS tried to break through twice. We relaxed a little in those moments of the match and the Kazan team took advantage of it. We gave them the opportunity to take advantage of it. It’s good that we came back in time and stopped them again.
— You react very emotionally to your hits. This happened in the series with Zenit, and now with UNICS. You made a superb dunk after a pass from Semyon Antonov. Are these playoffs something special for you?
“I don’t even know, before I was calm, but now I react.” Maybe it depends one way or another on the coach, the atmosphere in the team, the emotional load. Maybe that provides an emotional boost somewhere. And Simon (Antonov – editor’s note) is great! – Astapkovich told .
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