KAZAN, May 19, Adelya Ziatdinova. Minister of Sports of Russia Oleg Matytsin congratulated the Kazan basketball club UNICS on the first victory in the VTB United League.
On Tuesday, UNICS defeated Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar in the fifth game of the VTB United League play-off final series and became the winner of the tournament for the first time in history.
“Congratulated (club president — ed.) Evgeny Borisovich Bogachev. An absolutely natural victory. The team has been going to this for many years. We talked about competition, the birth of a new champion always creates additional motivation for other teams. At the same time, never desire and the quality does not stop. The example of UNICS speaks to everyone about this. I am very glad that the team has become a champion,» Matytsin said.