Zenit — CSKA, 12 May 2023

Zenit St.Petersburg – PBC CSKA: 72-77 (+5)

Zenit: Frazier (4 + 4 as + 4 pf), Hamm (4 + 10 rb + 4 pf), Volkhin (0), Heurtel (12 + 6 as), Moerman (4 + 7 rb + 2 bs) – start; Homesley (7 + 3 rb), Karasev (7), Kulagin (18 + 2 as), Klimenko (0), Zubkov (10), Toropov (4 + 4 pf), Fridzon (2)…

CSKA: Ware (19 + 3 rb + 3 as), Ukhov (6 + 4 pf), Ruzhentsev (12), Davidovac (2 + 6 rb + 2 as), Milutinov (3 + 5 rb + 2 as) – start; Karpenko (DNP), Astapkovich (1 + 2 as), Cacok (16 + 10 rb + 4 to), Jean-Charles (8), Moore (6 + 3 as), Gafurov (DNP), Kurbanov (4 + 3 rb)…

Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:

I think it was the toughest game in the series. Zenit fought as best as they could, even after our lead in the third quarter, they returned to this game. Everything looked bad for us, but I think in the end the character of my players took over. We hit some important, tough shots in the end, and it helped us.