Having densely played with the opponents' leaders and confidently in the attack, BC Khimki solved a local problem and crushed the Kazan team — 77-56 (22-16, 24-15, 17-16, 14-9). The score in the series became 1-2 and on Sunday, June 5, our team will also meet UNICS. The beginning of the meeting is at 19.00 msk.
Best scorers: Monya (14 + 4 assists + 3 blocks), Fridzon (13), Planinic (12), Loncar (11), Savrasenko (10).
Rimas Kurtinaitis, BC Khimki head coach:
— Congratulations to our team on a good job, especially in defense. We did not allow the opponent to score more than 60 points. I think we deserved this victory, since Khimki controlled the course of the meeting from the first until the last minute. In Kazan we attacked sometimes hastily, but today acted with inner peace. Hence, a high scoring percentage — such as it should be in a team with an excellent selection of scorers.
Eugene Pashutin, UNICS head coach:
— I congratulate Khimki and personally Rimas Kurtinaitis on a victory. Our opponent played with dignity and deservedly won. A series continues, we will draw conclusions from today's defeat. First and foremost, we must add in the attack.
Sergey Monya, BC Khimki forward:
— I suppose tomorrow it will be a completely different game, and we are very serious in front of it. UNICS is a good team, but we were stronger, and in Kazan the opponent was — it's simple: the strongest one wins. From the side it would seem that Khimki won easily, but this is not the case — the guys left a lot of strength at the court. We have nothing to lose now, there is no right for a mistake, so every match we play at the maximum. There can't be two similar meetings, I think tomorrow the fight will be a point for a point.