Translated material
The power of suggestion
Bazarevich reached the consciousness of the Dynamo Moscow players
The capital's Dynamo equalized the score in the “bronze” confrontation with Ural Great, which will go until three victories of one of the teams. Yesterday, the “blue and white”, led since mid-April by Sergei Bazarevich, who replaced the fired Serb Svetislav Pesic on the coaching bridge, took revenge for the defeat in the first meeting in the Perm universal sports palace “Hammer” - 76:61. The third and fourth meetings will take place on May 24 and 25 in Moscow at the Dynamo Arena in Krylatskoye.The hosts failed to get the Russian Basketball Federation to mitigate the penalties imposed on their key players for fighting in the fourth game of the semifinals with Khimki. On Wednesday, American Andrew Wisniewski and his compatriot, the owner of an exotic black hairstyle, Brindley Wright, were again forced to watch the match as ordinary spectators. If the day before yesterday, and without these much-needed players, “Ural Great” demonstrated enchanting basketball and actually secured victory even before the big break, then the basketball players from the banks of the Kama simply did not have enough courage for a repeat match.
Sergei Bazarevich was quite cruel in his statements after the first game and stated bluntly: “We were not ready to fight, although we warned the guys that the motivation of the Permians would be prohibitive and they would give their best. A large number of ball turnovers led to the opponents implementing a lot of quick breaks. What we did on the court was not at all what the coaching staff intended. I was never able to convey one truth to my players - the absence of Wisniewski and Wright does not mean that Ural Great is giving up without a fight. I said: on the contrary, the Permians will be even angrier.” Ural-Great coach Roman Dvinyaninov noted that the team was positively influenced by the unflattering forecast of specialists and the media. “We read everywhere that Dynamo’s bronze medals are guaranteed. But we also want to fight for awards. I’m glad that this desire was supported by a concrete result,” Dvinyaninov noted. - I’m sure the second game will be much harder, we don’t have any illusions after winning with a big score. Everything will start again."
The Blue and White adjusted their tactics, trying to hit the opponent's basket exclusively from behind the three-point arc with combinations with more creative follow-ups. Basketball players from the back line more often loaded the balls onto tall players. It’s not for nothing that Dynamo’s Lithuanian center Robertas Javtokas scored 24 points, converting all nine shots made from close and medium range.
Bazarevich managed to reach the consciousness of his players in the shortest possible time with maximum effect. The current head coach of Dynamo recently finished his career as a basketball player, and today this is his advantage. He knows and understands perfectly how to influence each of his wards in order to radically change the situation. The Blue and White appeared as a completely different team in the second game. The visitors' starting rush was ruthless and perfectly executed. After Domani scored five points with a long-range throw and a hit from five meters away, and Samoilenko converted one of two free throws for a technical foul by Zozulin, the score became 13:0 in favor of the capital club. A couple more minutes passed, and the gap grew to a murderous 18:1.
The Muscovites drew conclusions from their defensive mistakes made the day before and now became more attentive to the guarding of those Ural Great players (Plisnich, Surovtsev, Biggs) who could cause trouble with their unconventional moves. In the middle of the third period, the guests' advantage reached 25 points (59:34). Almost the same difference in the score was recorded on Tuesday at the end of the first half of the match, only then in favor of Ural Great (49:25). It turns out that in Perm the opponents exchanged knockout blows, and for now it is an extremely difficult task to guess which of them will be stronger in the end.
The super final series of CSKA vs. Khimki starts today. The current champions of the country and winners of the Euroleague ULEB-2008, the army team, look like absolute favorites in this confrontation. Work in the club is carried out not only on the basketball court. Yesterday, a new contract was signed under the “2+1” scheme with attacking defender from the United States, recognized as a sniper, Trajan Langdon. Slovenian forward Matjaz Smodis has formalized his relationship with the “red-blues” for at least three more seasons, with the possibility of extending the contract for another year.
The season ended with four teams vying for places from fifth to eighth. Lyuberetsky "Triumph", under the leadership of the most titled of the current Russian mentors, Stanislav Eremin, defeated Kazan UNICS twice - 80:64 in the Moscow region and 77:69 on the floor of the Basket Hall in the capital of Tatarstan. In the final classification of the national championship, “Triumph” is listed in fifth position. Lokomotiv-Rostov became the seventh strongest team in the Super League, beating Spartak-Primorye twice - 101:92 on the banks of the Don and 80:75 in the Far East. Here the series was held until two victories.