Never. Give. Up
Our team took the victory away from Pari NN in the game that was almost lost and secured the first place in the first stage of the VTB League regular season...
PBC CSKA – PARI Nizhniy Novgorod: 104-96 OT (+8)
CSKA: Ware (30 + 6 as + 4 st + 8 to), Ukhov (8 + 3 rb + 2 st), Astapkovich (5 + 3 rb + 4 as + 3 to), Jean-Charles (10), M'Baye (13 + 4 rb + 3 as + 4 to) – start; Mikhailovskii (DNP), Jekiri (17 + 11 rb + 4 pf), Trimble (15 + 3 as), Ruzhentsev (4), Antonov (2), Kardanakhishvili (0), Klyuev (DNP)…
Pari NN: Gankevich (10 + 4 as + 4 to + 5 pf), Chadov (6 + 3 rb), Khvostov (9 + 4 as + 2 st), Novakovic (2 + 3 rb + 4 to + 4 pf), Baburin (14 + 5 as + 3 st + 5 pf) – start; Shepherd (22 + 7 rb + 3 as + 3 st), Ivlev (4 + 7 rb + 3 as + 2 bs + 5 pf), Ponkrashov (11 + 3 rb + 3 as + 2 st), Belenitskiy (2 as + 5 pf), Gafurov (5), Vorontsevich (11 + 8 rb), Зоткин (2)…
Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:
Basketball is a magical game. You need to believe in magic. We continued to believe - and we won. Congratulations to Nizhny Novgorod, they played a great game, they shot well from distance: 17 out of 35 - great numbers. We didn't play perfectly, but we fought until the end. There will be more games like this. It is important to believe in yourself and your teammates.
