CSKA — Pari NN, 24 January 2024

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.