CSKA — Zenit, 05 May 2023
LIVE (for Russia): Match TV, Match! Igra, Start Live, VTB-League.com, MatchTV.ru, SportBox.ru
May 6 (Sat):
1:40, 10:05: Match! Strana
11:10: Match! Igra
After a good start our team allowed Zenit to take over and get the win to start the "bronze" series of the VTB League...
PBC CSKA – Zenit St.Petersburg: 68-86 (-18)
CSKA: Ware (7 + 4 rb + 4 to), Ukhov (2 + 3 rb), Ruzhentsev (10 + 3 rb + 3 as), Davidovac (3 + 3 rb), Milutinov (10 + 8 rb + 3 as) – start; Karpenko (0), Astapkovich (14 + 3 rb + 2 as), Cacok (4 + 4 pf), Jean-Charles (6 + 3 rb), Moore (7 + 4 rb + 2 as), Gafurov (0), Kurbanov (5)…
Zenit: Frazier (16 + 9 as + 2 st), Homesley (20 + 4 rb), Volkhin (2), Klimenko (3 + 4 rb), Moerman (18 + 3 rb + 4 pf) – start; Hamm (7), Toptunov (2 as), Kulagin (6 + 3 rb + 2 as), Zubkov (3 + 2 st), Toropov (4), Fridzon (7 + 5 as)…
Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:
Congratulations to Zenit. We failed to play a normal game. The absence of Shved and Komolov, and the fact that the team is in bad shape psychologically after the defeat from Lokomotiv in the semi-finals, also affected. But this does not mean that you can represent the colors of CSKA in this way. We must find ways to fight the obstacles, we must try harder. Even with the roster that we have, we can succeed.
