CSKA — MBA, 30 September 2023

PBC CSKA – MBA Moscow: 76-72 (+4)

CSKA: Ware (13 + 3 to + 4 pf), Jekiri (18 + 3 rb), Ukhov (3 + 2 as + 2 st), Antonov (5 + 4 rb + 2 st + 3 to), Kurbanov (2 + 6 rb + 2 as) – start; Zakharov (DNP), Trimble (15 + 5 as + 4 to + 5 pf), Astapkovich (4 to), Ruzhentsev (4), Jean-Charles (4 rb), Kardanakhishvili (2 as), M'Baye (16 + 8 rb)…

MBA: Khomenko (10 + 3 st + 5 pf), Barashkov (8 + 4 rb + 2 as), Minchenko (3 + 7 rb + 4 as + 2 st + 2 bs), Lopatin (11 + 8 rb + 4 pf), Yakushin (10 + 2 as) – start; Kasatkin (21), Sheyko (5 + 4 pf), Klyuev (0), Valiev (2 + 2 st), Aksenov (DNP), Sharapov (2), Savchenko (DNP)…

Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:

We are in the process of recovering the injured players - Astapkovich, Trimble, Jean-Charles, and I am happy that they started playing. As my colleague said, the two halves turned out to be very different. In the first half and the beginning of the third quarter we played good basketball. And then we allowed the opponent to grab some offensive rebounds, hit three-pointers, and in the end it all came down to a difficult ending. We are in the beginning of the long road, and we need to learn not to repeat the same mistakes.