Nizhny Novgorod - Red Wings 69:59 (17:13, 17:11, 20:13, 15:22)
Already in the finals tomorrow at 19-00, the team Zoran Lukic will compete for the honorary Cup with UNICS Kazan, which in the second semifinal beat the Moscow "Triumph".
Zoran Lukic/head coach of BC "NN":
We demonstrated basketball very good quality in the first half. The team was acting with the necessary aggression, many succeed both in attack and in defence. But after the break, I have a number of claims to the players on the court. If the work under his ring can still be beneficial, then that's attack guys not once have been taking wrong decisions. However, I currently care about the other: we could not withstand the pace in the second half, who are at the beginning and asked. We understand what is happening with the functional state of players and, of course, continue to the planned preparation for the new season.
Nizhny Novgorod landed Sean Denison
BC Nizhny Novgorod signed a one-year deal with Canadian bigman Sean Denison (211 cm, 111 kg, 32 y.o.). Last season he spent in Romanian CSM Oradea, participating in the national championship and Basketball Champions League. From 2011 till 2013 he played in Russian clubs Spartak-Primorye and Ataman.
Nizhny Novgorod terminated the contract with American forward Erik McCree who’d joined the team this august. The decision was made by mutual agreement. At the moment Nizhny is in search of a new player for the vacant place.
BC Nizhny Novgorod signed Erik McCree
BC NN signed a two-year contract with American forward Erik McCree (23 y.o., 203 cm, 102 kg). From 2013 to 2017 he was playing for Louisiana Tech in NCAA. Last season he showed his best statistics averaging 17,7 points, 8,9 rebounds, 1,3 assists in 33 games.
Sterling Gibbs joins BC Nizhny Novgorod
BC NN signed a two-year deal with American point guard Sterling Gibbs (188cm, 84kg, 24 y.o). In his college years he played for Seton Hall Pirates and Connecticut Huskies in NCAA. In 2016-2017 spent his first season overseas as he joined Hungarian team Kormend. He helped the team to semifinals in Hungarian Cup and Hungarian League averaging 14,4 points, 2,1 rebounds, 3,3 assists in 27 games.
