Basketball player Baikon: “Everyone plays with maximum motivation when they see Zenit in front of them

All teams of the VTB United League play against Zenit with maximum motivation, the striker of the team from St. Petersburg Dwayne Baikon said.

On March 9, Zenit won the “Lokomotiv -Kuban” (92:89).

– Honestly, in the first half I was turned off from the game, but my team was able to make a jerk and return. We were behind, in my opinion, by 17 points. But, in the end, for this we need a team. I am always ready to fight, I’m ready to play. If you do not have throws in the first half, you always have the second. There is a break to regroup. This is the meaning of the game – two halves. Having gathered in the break, I went out with the same attitude, but I was more aggressive. I was able to do what I usually do for the team, and we achieved victory.

– If we talk about games with teams from TOP -4, only CSKA was left. Is there a goal to finish the regular championship in the first place?

– Well, yes, of course, we want to finish the “regular woman” in the first place, but you can’t just look past everyone else for the match with CSKA. You need to approach each game in turn. Everyone plays with maximum motivation when they see Zenit in front of them. Therefore, the goal is just to move day after day. Now, most likely, we have a day off, then we return to training, we go to the parquet. And we just continue to build our game, ”the press service of Zenit quotes Baikon’s words.

Zenit with 30 victories in 35 matches takes second place in the VTB United Tournament table, inferior to the Moscow CSKA in additional indicators.

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