Valencia head coach Velimir Perasovich :
Today we played one the best games of the season. We won because of a very good defense. During the game you can score or not score, but the defense helps to win easier. Nizhny Novgorod is a very good team that has beaten serious clubs on its way to EuroCup semi-finals, but I want to underline once again - today we played one of our best games.
BC «NN» head coach Zoran Lukic :
Congratulations to Valencia. I'm glad that at least one Russian team, UNICS, who confidently beat «Crvena Zvezda» will play in the EuroCup final. It's a pity that we lost today in front of such an incredible amount of our fans that created wonderful atmosphere for us today. Earlier, I congratulated my players with passing to semi - finals. Unfortunately, today I can't name a single player who would have played well in tonight's game, especially in defense - we had it completely absent. Valencia played very hard, and we are to blame that we avoided contact. But now the most important thing for us is to recover psychologically and prepare for the game against Astana on May 1.
BC " NN" : Semen Antonov (9 points, 3 rebounds), Pavel Korobkov (9 points, 2 rebounds), Dijon Thompson (8 points, 4 rebounds)
BC "Valencia" : Bojan Dublevich (13 points, 6 rebounds), Romain Sato (11 points, 8 rebounds), Rafa Martinez (10 points , 2 rebounds)
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.
