PHOTO: Meeting of players from Ukraine and a series of prizes. Brno broke Pardubice without support
In the highest Czech competition, they have stretched a series of prizes for seven matches in a row. The last time the basketball players from Brno beat 84:73 on the home board was on Friday.
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Two Ukrainian basketball players also met in the match. Anatoliy Shundel from Pardubice poses with Brno player Oleksander Mishula (left).
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At the same time, the East Bohemians defeated for the second time out of five mutual duels in this, this time without the injured support of Hunter Mickelson. “We played the first fifteen minutes the way we want to present. Pardubice is a mature team, their players played very well, we missed shooting for a while, but in the end a wider bench decided, “said Brno coach Lubomír Růžička.
His charges collected almost forty-five points in the first fifteen minutes. “The key to losing was a bad start. Then we changed some things in defense and by the end of the half Brno added only about five points. We returned to the match with a difference of one point, but then we hit some hard shots, mainly for three points, “regretted the coach of Pardubice Dino Repeša.
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Jakub Krakovič, who scored eighteen points, made a significant contribution to Friday’s victory for the South Moravian team. “It’s a valuable victory, because it looks like we will go to the paly-off in Pardubice, so we wanted to show the strength of the home environment,” corrected the experienced basketball player.
During the match, two Ukrainian basketball players also met on the board. On the side of Pardubice Anatoliy Shundel and in the Brno jersey again Oleksander Mishula, who joined Basket from BC Prometej. The Ukrainian team under the leadership of the Czech national team coach Ronen Ginzburg ended the season due to the war.
On Monday, Růžiček’s charges await the last match in the superstructure part of the competition, which they will play in Kolín. Currently, with the same number of wins, they are in third place behind Opava, which, however, has less of the match. They can only jump ahead if they manage the final match and, on the contrary, the Slezanés succumb to both Nymburk and Ústí nad Labem. So far, it is that Brno will hit the sixth Pardubice again.