Lokomotiv Kuban — CSKA, 28 April 2023

Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar – PBC CSKA: 75-98 (+23)

Lokomotiv Kuban: Barford (3 + 3 as + 3 to), Shcherbenev (9 + 7 as), Martyuk (9 + 3 rb), Uzinskiy (5), White (5 rb) – start; Akoon-Purcell (13 + 3 rb), Horton (7 + 4 to), Yelatontsev (2), Kvitkovskikh (13 + 10 rb + 5 pf), Paunic (1), Vedishchev (5), Yemchenko (8 + 3 rb + 2 as + 3 st)…

CSKA: Ware (11 + 3 as), Ruzhentsev (14 + 5 rb), Cacok (13 + 8 rb + 4 pf), Kurbanov (12 + 4 rb + 2 as + 3 st), Shved (10 + 9 rb + 14 as) – start; Komolov (0), Ukhov (3 + 3 to), Astapkovich (8 + 2 as), Davidovac (0), Jean-Charles (12 + 2 as + 2 st), Moore (12 + 2 st), Milutinov (3 + 5 rb)…

Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:

Congratulations to the players on their performance tonight. We had a pressure of the result, we could not afford a loss that would practically finish our season. I am glad that the team answered in a right way. We are equal, 3-3 now. It is important that Nikola showed determination to play even though our doctors weren’t giving him any predictions on the rehabilitation terms. He played 7 minutes and added stability to our game. I hope that his condition will continue to improve and he will help us more and more.