It's tough to take the loss when you're better
It's hard to experience this but it happens. Our team was confidently beating Lokomotiv Kuban for most of the game, raised the lead to 19 points, but played poorly in the last quarter and lost...
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar – PBC CSKA: 84-81 (-3)
Lokomotiv Kuban: Akoon-Purcell (17 + 6 rb + 3 as + 2 st + 4 to), Martyuk (9 + 6 rb + 2 bs), Uzinskiy (9 rb + 4 as), White (18 + 5 rb + 2 st), Vedishchev (0) – start; Barford (17 + 4 rb + 8 as + 2 st + 3 to), Shcherbenev (3 as), Horton (9 + 2 st + 2 bs), Yelatontsev (DNP), Kvitkovskikh (4), Paunic (DNP), Yemchenko (10)…
CSKA: Ware (24 + 3 rb + 2 as + 3 to + 4 pf), Komolov (3), Davidovac (8 + 7 rb + 4 pf), Jean-Charles (2 + 4 rb), Shved (16 + 6 as + 4 to) – start; Karpenko (DNP), Ukhov (3 + 3 rb + 2 as + 4 pf), Astapkovich (0), Ruzhentsev (0), Cacok (13 + 12 rb + 5 pf), Moore (6 + 2 as), Kurbanov (6 + 4 rb)…
Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:
We were the better team for most of the game, but in the final quarter we showed poor tactical discipline and therefore missed the victory. We had to move the ball better, finish the set plays, defend more aggressively and not allow our opponents to beat us one-on-one.
