St. Petersburg, June 5, Sergey Yaremenko. Basketball player of St. Petersburg «Zenith» Jordan Miki said that even before the third match of the series against CSKA Moscow, the head coach of the «blue-white-blue» Javi Pascual gathered the team and said that he believes in the victory. «Zenith» on Sunday for the first time in history became the champion of the VTB United League, beating CSKA in the final series — 4-3. The St. Petersburg team won the decisive match in Moscow with a score of 81:75. Miki became the most productive player of the match (19 points) and was recognized as the most valuable player (MVP) of the playoffs. «The most important moment of the series is the training before the third game. Xavi then gathered the team and said that he believed in victory that we have every chance, we just need to win a couple of matches, and we will get an equal series. I don’t feel like talking about my future yet — I enjoy the moment of victory here and now, «Miki said. «Now I am very happy! It's great that we were able to win the cup and thank our fans — the best in Europe. The most important thing is the victory of the team, but I'm happy that I was chosen as the most valuable player. This shows that my team had a lot of confidence in me and trusted me with the ball, «said American.
