CSKA captain Antonov – about the match with Lokomotiv-Kuban: “If Avramovich had been 50 years old, he would have scored not 30, but 50 points”

CSKA captain Semyon Antonov told that the defender made a big contribution to the victory over Lokomotiv-Kuban Alexa Avramovic which celebrated its 30th anniversary on October 25.

On Sunday, CSKA defeated the tournament leader Lokomotiv-Kuban with a score of 92:91 in a home match of the VTB United League and interrupted Krasnodar’s unbeaten streak, which lasted nine matches.

“Today’s fight was very intense. Are you happy that you broke your opponent’s unbeaten streak?

— We did not have a specific task, such as preventing Lokomotiv-Kuban from extending the series. We played against an organized team, which this season began to show good aggressive and tactical basketball. Therefore, the main task was to carry out the game plan. We expected such a close match. In the end, in the last six minutes, it was more of an individual match. In other words, Alexa Avramovic versus Patrick Miller. Usually, such intense matches are ultimately decided by the individual skills of the players.

— In a word, Alexa, who celebrated her 30th birthday the day before, took courage and scored 30 points?

– Yes, if he was 50, he would score 50. Good match, he took advantage of the opportunities the opponent allowed him. If we stretched the defense and gave him the opportunity to play alone, he took full advantage of it.

Well, on the negative side… Of course, we have to finish the game much stronger. At one point we were leading +8, but because of our mistakes we let the opponent drag us into a very nervous and unpleasant ending,” Antonov told .

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