Making history together: UNICS is the strongest club in the country!

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16.05.2023

«Basket Hall» again remained inaccessible to guests! In the final match of the season, UNICS, with the deafening support of native fans, did not leave a single chance for Lokomotiv-Kuban, winning a convincing victory with a score of 98:89, winning the final series 4-1 and becoming the champion of the country and the VTB United League for the first time in the club's history!

The main hero of the decisive game was Neno DIMITRIJEVIC, who set a personal record of performance in his career (34 points) and was recognized as the MVP of the finals. Our guys removed all questions about the winner of the series in the first half, having achieved a 25-point lead 1:56 before the half time and in the future not letting the opponent to a dangerous distance.

VTB United League. The final. Match No. 5.
UNICS (Kazan) – Lokomotiv-Kuban (Krasnodar) – 98:89 (26:17, 32:20, 19:28, 21:24).
UNICS: Dimitrijevic (34+5 rebounds), Knight (16+5 rebounds), Labeyrie (13), Hunter (12).
Lokomotiv-Kuban: Barford (22+6 assists), White (21), Horton (13+9 rebounds), Vedishchev (10).
The score in the series to 4 wins: 4-1.

POSTGAME COMMENTS:

Velimir PERASOVIC, BC UNICS head coach:

«This is a huge achievement! First of all, I want to congratulate my players, coaching staff, fans and especially the Bogachev family. Because this is a great success for the whole club. I hope we will be able to repeat it in the future. VTB League is a very strong championship. It was won by Khimki, for a long time CSKA dominated the competition, last year Zenit became the winner. In competition with clubs with a very large budget, it is extremely difficult to become the first. I am glad that we succeeded!

The key in the final was the second home match, which we almost lost, but we fought to the end and managed to even the score in the series. After that, I knew that if we managed to win one of the two matches in Krasnodar, we would get a chance to win the title. But we won twice and today we had no right to lose in front of our fans».