Lokomotiv Kuban — CSKA, 16 March 2025

Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar – CSKA PBC: 84-88 (+4)

Lokomotiv Kuban: Cleveland (16 + 3 as + 2 st + 4 pf), Miller (13 + 4 rb + 3 as + 3 st + 8 to), Temirov (10 + 2 as), Martyuk (8 + 7 rb + 3 as + 5 pf), Whaley (2 + 4 rb) – start; Kosko (DNP), Vedishchev (DNP), Uzinskiy (5 + 6 rb + 5 pf), Kvitkovskikh (3 rb), McCall (21 + 4 rb + 4 as + 3 st + 5 pf), Yemchenko (9 + 2 as), Sheyanov (0)…

CSKA: Ware (16 + 3 as + 5 pf), Trimble (19 + 4 rb + 5 as + 2 st), Jean-Charles (9 + 3 rb + 2 as + 4 pf), M'Baye (11 + 5 rb + 2 as + 3 st), Kurbanov (4 + 4 rb + 2 as + 4 pf) – start; Jekiri (10 + 4 rb + 3 to + 5 pf), Avramovic (17 + 2 st + 4 to), Gankevich (DNP), Ukhov (5 pf), Astapkovich (4 rb + 4 pf), Karpenko (DNP), Antonov (2 + 3 rb)…

Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:

Before I talk about the game, I want to express my deep gratitude to our fans. I know that many of them made the difficult journey from Moscow, and this shows their devotion. As for the game, I think the final difference is unfair. It is always difficult to play here, but overall we showed good basketball. At the end, the opponents created chaos on the court, which worked in their favor and allowed them to reduce the gap. I think that in reality we should have won by a bigger margin.