Lokomotiv Kuban — CSKA, 05 December 2021

Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar – CSKA: 69-88 (+19)

Lokomotiv Kuban: McCollum (17 + 3 rb + 2 as + 3 st), Motley (20 + 5 rb + 3 as + 3 bs + 5 to), Kidd (4 + 4 rb), Il’nitskiy (4 + 5 rb + 2 st + 4 pf), Thompson (5 + 4 pf) – start; Shcherbenev (3), Cook (2 + 4 as), Yelatontsev (0), Williams (4 + 9 rb + 2 as + 6 to + 4 pf), Kalinov (0), Vedishchev (8), Yemchenko (2)…

CSKA: Lundberg (13 + 5 as + 2 st), Antonov (9 + 4 rb), Milutinov (12 + 10 rb), Kurbanov (4 + 2 as), Shved (17 + 3 rb + 7 as + 2 st) – start; Bolomboy (7 + 4 pf), Khomenko (5), Ukhov (0), Ivlev (2), Clyburn (4 + 3 as + 2 st), Faried (4 + 8 rb), Grigonis (11 + 6 to)…

I think we were composed and determined, congratulations to my team. We played against the team that can score, numbers say so, before the game they were leading the league on offense, but they had problems on defensive end, giving up a lot of points. Definitely, Loko can run the floor, they play strong on rebounds but we still managed to keep them below 70 points. That showed our intentions. We changed our defense in just two days after Panathinaikos game, that was another adjustment that team did, rotation and coverage were different. The team changed colors like chameleon.