Comaback was good. But we felt short
UNICS Kazan – PBC CSKA: 112-104 OT (-8)
UNICS: Dimitrijevic (24 + 3 as), Macon Jr (21 + 4 rb + 7 as + 4 pf), Labeyrie (17 + 11 rb), Brown (8 + 3 rb + 3 as), Hunter (4 + 3 rb) – start; Reynolds (15 + 7 rb), Zaytsev (4 + 4 rb + 2 as), Gbanov (10 + 6 rb + 2 as), Odinokov (DNP), Razumov (DNP), Kulagin (2 + 2 as), Vorontsevich (7)…
CSKA: Ware (27 + 4 rb + 7 as + 4 pf), Ukhov (0), Davidovac (5 + 4 rb), Milutinov (25 + 13 rb + 4 to), Shved (20 + 5 rb + 7 as + 2 st) – start; Komolov (0), Desyatnikov (DNP), Astapkovich (7), Ruzhentsev (DNP), Jean-Charles (6 + 2 as), Moore (4 + 3 as), Kurbanov (10 + 4 rb)…
Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:
Congratulations to UNICS on the win. They were more aggressive in the first half and grabbed 17 more rebounds. After halftime, we put in much more effort, managed to catch up with the opponent and sent the game into overtime. Unfortunately, we did not have enough power to finish it in our favor. We will analyze the game, work on the mistakes and be ready for the next game with UNICS on March 2 in Moscow.
