It's tough in Krasnodar, and it's not a surprise
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar – PBC CSKA: 89-85 (-4)
Lokomotiv Kuban: Akoon-Purcell (30 + 4 as + 3 st + 3 to), Martyuk (10 + 7 rb + 3 as + 4 pf), Uzinskiy (2 + 3 rb + 2 st + 4 pf), White (8 + 10 rb + 5 to), Yemchenko (5 + 5 as + 3 st + 4 pf) – start; Barford (15 + 4 rb), Shcherbenev (5), Temirov (7 + 3 rb), Yelatontsev (1 + 4 as + 4 pf), Kvitkovskikh (0), Vedishchev (6), Bliznyuk (DNP)…
CSKA: Ware (7), Astapkovich (8 + 3 as), Ruzhentsev (3 + 3 rb + 2 as + 3 st), Jean-Charles (7 + 2 as), M'Baye (21 + 9 rb + 2 st + 5 to) – start; Mikhailovskii (0), Jekiri (11 + 6 rb + 3 as), Trimble (23 + 3 rb + 6 as), Ukhov (3 + 4 rb), Antonov (2), Kardanakhishvili (2 as), Klyuev (DNP)…
Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:
Congratulations to Loko with a victory. In the first half we played really good basketball, we shared the ball and followed the game plan. In the second half it became really difficult for us to play against Loko’s defense. Our heads did not stay calm and we did not continue to execute the game plan. This was the main reason why we lost the game. And also 16 offensive rebounds by our opponents and 21 turnovers that we had are too much for this type of game.
