Zenit — CSKA, 05 April 2021

Zenit St.Petersburg – CSKA: 81-77 (-4)

Zenit: Pangos (9 + 3 rb + 7 as + 4 to), Fridzon (6 + 2 as + 4 pf), Thomas (18 + 8 rb + 3 st + 4 to), Ponitka (8 + 5 rb + 3 as + 3 st + 4 pf), Black (5 + 2 bs + 4 pf) – start; Zaharov (12), Volkhin (0), Baron (15), Khvostov (0), Trushkin (0), Zubkov (3), Poythress (5 + 2 st)…

CSKA: Ukhov (1), Hackett (20 + 3 as), Shengelia (10 + 3 rb + 2 as + 4 to), Kurbanov (3 + 4 pf), Eric (0) – start; Lundberg (3 + 3 as + 3 st), Khomenko (3 to), Antonov (2 + 3 rb), Voigtmann (19 + 2 st), Kochergin (DNP), Clyburn (19 + 7 rb + 3 as + 3 st), Lopatin (DNP)…

First of all, congratulations to Zenit on the victory. The opponents started the match decisively, determined, we can say that they were hunting us throughout the game. Basketball is a game of runs and we've had both positive runs and lapses. We managed to contain Pangos for a very long time, almost 30 minutes he could not score points, and scored the first points five minutes before the end from free throws. Zenit started very aggressively, Zakharov helped a lot, Baron scored the key baskets in the third quarter, he gave his team a big lead. We fought, believed in what we were doing - from 18 points behind we cut it to 1 point, but this was not enough. The details decided the outcome of the game, we will work on it.