No leaders? No problem!
PBC CSKA – UNICS Kazan: 91-77 (+14)
CSKA: Ware (17 + 6 as), Ukhov (0), Ruzhentsev (12 + 2 as), Davidovac (6 + 2 st + 4 pf), Jean-Charles (13 + 3 rb + 3 as + 2 bs + 3 to) – start; Karpenko (DNP), Komolov (6), Astapkovich (14 + 2 as), Cacok (7 + 2 as), Moore (14 + 3 rb), Milutinov (DNP), Kurbanov (2 + 3 rb)…
UNICS: Dimitrijevic (17 + 9 as + 5 to + 4 pf), Reynolds (5 + 3 to + 4 pf), Macon Jr (21 + 4 rb + 2 as + 3 to), Labeyrie (13 + 5 rb), Brown (12 + 6 rb + 3 as + 4 pf) – start; Zaytsev (2 + 4 pf), Odinokov (DNP), Razumov (DNP), Kulagin (0), Hunter (5 + 8 rb + 4 to + 4 pf), Vorontsevich (2), Zabelin (DNP)…
Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:
It was really satisfying performance by our team, especially taking into account that we did not have two of our leaders, Alex and Niko. That adds special meaning to our victory. We showed energy, played good defense. UNICS was better in the second half, they got close but our guys knew how to win the game without going into tough ending. If it was football we would celebrate the title already, but in basketball we have playoffs. There are four more games to play in the regular season, we will try to make some progress and bring it into playoffs.
