Dusan ALIMPIJEVIC
Avtodor head coach:
“That was one of the most precious victories in my coaching career and of course the most important win with Avtodor so far. All good words go to the players because they were able to change themselves in the half-time interval. They knew what we have agreed before the game but they just put it on the court in the second half. I believe this is the most valuable thing for me because if you recognize your mistake you can continue to go further and become better. That was very essential win for us and for our confidence. Another amazing thing was that we were able to win this game regardless Zenit scored 12 three-pointers showing 46% from the arc and also made all their 16 free throws. Despite of that we could find the way to beat them. It’s very hard to win when you score only 4 three-pointers and two of them were from our center Zabelin. I’m very happy of that really big victory. The atmosphere on the arena was incredible tonight. It was too emotional game but I really like emotions on and off the court. It was great pleasure to play in front of such fans like we have here in Saratov and to win in such great atmosphere.”