Practicing the clutch
PBC CSKA – Nizhniy Novgorod: 76-75 (+1)
CSKA: Ware (13 + 5 as + 5 to + 4 pf), Ukhov (5 + 3 rb + 2 as), Ruzhentsev (10), Davidovac (2 + 6 rb + 2 bs), Milutinov (20 + 6 rb) – start; Karpenko (DNP), Komolov (3), Astapkovich (2 + 6 as), Cacok (6 + 6 rb + 2 as + 2 st + 3 to), Jean-Charles (11 + 4 rb), Moore (2 + 2 as), Kurbanov (2 + 5 rb)…
Pari NN: Salash (9 + 3 rb + 4 pf), Apic (2 + 8 rb), Khvostov (13 + 4 as), Belenitskiy (2 bs) – start; Love (34 + 2 st), Gankevich (4 + 4 rb + 5 pf), Ponkrashov (0), Lyutych (0), Chadov (3 + 4 rb + 5 pf), Sinegubov (4), Strebkov (4 as), Baburin (6 + 2 st)…
Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:
Congratulations to Pari NN on a good fight and victory in the Russian Cup. A few days ago they showed really good basketball, and now they continue in the same way. In the first quarter we played very well, we raised a sufficient margin, but in the second half we slowed down in a few moments, the opponents used their chances, and at the end the game it turned out to be interesting. We found ways to win, but we need to learn from this game, we need to earn a victory earlier, not let the opponent come back into the game.
