We believe in the team! And the team believes!
Our team is back to co-lead with UNICS in the VTB League standings after coming back from "-10" in the last three minutes of regulation vs Loko and routing the opponents in overtime...
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar – PBC CSKA: 82-96 OT (+14)
Lokomotiv Kuban: Barford (11 + 3 rb + 4 as), Martyuk (13 + 8 rb + 3 bs), Uzinskiy (5 + 4 pf), White (19 + 6 rb + 2 st), Yemchenko (6 + 3 rb + 4 as) – start; Shcherbenev (2), Akoon-Purcell (13 + 5 rb + 4 to), Ndour (6 + 3 rb), Temirov (2), Yelatontsev (5 + 3 rb + 4 pf), Vedishchev (0), Sychkov (DNP)…
CSKA: Trimble (26 + 7 rb + 7 as + 4 st), Ukhov (3 as), Astapkovich (11 + 4 rb + 2 as), Jean-Charles (14 + 3 rb + 3 to), M'Baye (21 + 4 pf) – start; Jekiri (7 + 9 rb + 2 as), Ruzhentsev (DNP), Antonov (4 + 3 rb), Hanlan (3 + 3 st), Kardanakhishvili (2 as), Klyuev (DNP), Kurbanov (10 + 3 rb + 3 as)…
Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:
It’s a difficult moment for us now, we had several defeats in a row, we lost Casper Ware, who is very important to us. And we are rebuilding to find new options. Important shots by Nikita Kurbanov, creation by Melo Trimble, rebounds by Tony Jekiri and Amath M'Baye, and defense by Ivan Ukhov in overtime made the result. But I want to thank the whole team - we were able to turn the game around, after poor second half. To win in Krasnodar, Loko has great support, is worth a lot. Now we need to further improve our game, because we have very important games ahead of us.
