Xavier Moon: "It was great to play in front of the home crow"

The Blue-White-Sky Blues guard Xavier Moon commented on the home win over UNICS (103:74). The St. Petersburg team defeated the Kazan side in the third game of the VTB United League 2025/26 semifinals, with the American player recording 19 points and 7 assists. Details are in the interview for Zenit TV.

— Xavier, congrats on the win. Zenit now takes the lead in the semis against UNICS. A beautiful win in front of a packed arena. Please share your first emotions.

— It felt great, sold-out game! Feel like we haven't been here for a while. So, it was great to play in front of the home crowd, to come out with a big win and now we're just looking forward to Tuesday.

— The lead you built in the first quarter held up thanks to the concentration and focus that the coach constantly talks about, right?

— I mean we always trying to start the game off the right way. Mainly on the defensive end and then just flow into our offense. I feel like we did that for a majority of the game today.

— You scored the 100th point tonight. Have your teammates already hinted that you owe them something?

— No I haven't heard that. We're gonna keep that on the low for right now, I ain't heard nothing yet.

— At the end of the first half, Dejan Radonjic took off his jacket. What happened in that moment? Do you remember?

— No idea, I've never seen him take his jacket off, so I don't even know.

— 7000 supporters — it's impossible not to mention the support that was there from the very first seconds tonight. What would you like to say to the fans?

— Man, great atmosphere today, they really helped us get this win. They kept the energy throughout the whole game. And like I said, man, we're looking forward to Tuesday. Hopefully everybody can come out and give that same energy and we can get another win. Go, Zenit!