The Loko guard showed impressive statistics in his debut it the VTB United League: 5 out of 5 field goals and 5 steals.
- Today, it was your first game at the Loko home arena. What can you say about the atmosphere?
- It was great. For a two o'clock game, I know that's kind of early, but the crowd was great. They gave us good energy and we came out and we played great basketball as a team.
- Steals, dunks… You wanna be the most spectacular player in this league?
- I want to win the Defensive Player of the Year. I want to take this game seriously. That's what the coach wants me to do as well. Five steals. Hopefully I can average that. Set the tone for my team and just affect the game on that end.
- Loko has won or at least tied every quarter of this game. Due to what did this happen?
- I think we played good defense and defended without filing. We got out on the break and shared the ball as a team. We just played together and we looked good.
- The next game is against Astana. What can you say about the opponent?
- I don't know much about Astana yet, but I think we'll be prepared. They got five foreigners. Yenisei had two, so it's going to be a little different for us. They're probably going to come in and be scrappy. I think we'll lock in and be prepared and do what we need to do. The expectation is always for us to win.
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