The summer pre-season Wind Cup basketball tournament was from September 6 to 8 in Latvia. 6 participants, including our team, were divided into 2 groups of 3. Participants who took the first lines in their groups played the tournament gold.
Tsmoki started with a match against the Romanian CSU Sibiu and from first minutes they took the lead on the floor. Rostislav Vergun allowed the opponent to slightly reduce the gap in only 4 segments, traditionally giving time to young Belarusian players. So Vladislav Bliznyuk spent on the site for almost 10 minutes, recording 3 points and 1 assist.
CSU Sibau - Tsmoki-Minsk - 68:84 (18-26, 17-17, 12-27, 21-14)
The hosts of the Ventspils tournament became the next rival of Minsk. And again, Tsmoki confidently walked through one of the club leaders in Latvia.
The statistic leaders in this meeting were Alexandra Gavrilovich with a double double - 21 points, 11 rebounds and an assist, Maxim Salash - 14 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals and Branko Mirkovic - 12 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
Tsmoki-Minsk - Ventspils 74:61 (15-18,18-17, 26-11, 15-15)
On Sunday, Dragons argued for the gold tournament with the Lithuanian Pieno zvaigzdes.
Belarusians allowed the opponent to take the lead for a short while, but by the middle of the first quarter they had taken control of the game.
The most points scored at this meeting were Branko Mirkovic - 24 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steals, Maxim Salash - 14 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, Alexandre Gavrilovich - 13 points and 9 rebounds, Alexander Pustogvar - 10 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
Pieno zvaigzdes - Tsmoki-Minsk 66:87 (16-18, 15-26, 16-21, 19-22)