Igor Volkhin: "We need to take the initiative from the start and not let the opponent go"

St. Petersburg forward Igor Volkhin told about the team's second consecutive victory in the VTB United League (103:86).

— Thanks to our fans for coming and supporting us. As always, we can hear everyone. That really helps. The result is important, and it's great that we won. As the coach said, we have some issues with defense in the first half. Maybe we lack concentration at times, but overall, we improve in the second half. We'll work on fixing the first two quarters as well: we need to take the initiative from the start and not let the opponent go.

— What allowed you to gradually increase your lead in today's game?

— I think it was mainly due to our defense. We became more aggressive on defense, and that gave us confidence on offense. We hit our shots, and the victory is a logical result.