CSKA — UNICS, 04 February 2024

PBC CSKA – UNICS Kazan: 73-83 (-10)

CSKA: Ware (16 + 2 as + 3 to), Ukhov (2 as), Astapkovich (2 + 4 rb), Jean-Charles (14 + 4 rb), M'Baye (12 + 3 as + 2 st) – start; Mikhailovskii (DNP), Jekiri (8 + 5 rb), Trimble (15 + 3 as), Ruzhentsev (4 + 5 rb + 2 as), Antonov (0), Kardanakhishvili (2 + 3 rb + 3 as + 2 st), Klyuev (DNP)…

UNICS: Dimitrijevic (17 + 7 rb + 9 as + 3 st + 3 to), Kulagin (27 + 3 rb), Labeyrie (15 + 7 rb + 2 bs), Knight (6 + 3 rb + 4 as + 3 to), Bako (3 + 5 rb + 2 bs) – start; Reynolds (4 + 4 pf), Zaytsev (0), Tikhonenko (DNP), Stulenkov (0), Kolesnikov (DNP), Lazarev (DNP), Green (11 + 2 st)…

Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:

In the first half we played good basketball, defended aggressively and controlled the rebounds. In the third quarter we immediately made a couple of turnovers and didn’t show the same level of effort. We probably thought that victory was in our pocket. But UNICS didn’t think so, especially Kulagin, who hit difficult shots. We conceded 28 points in the third quarter, we should have reacted, we should have moved the ball better, played as a team, but instead we held the ball too long, played individually, and this led to this result. Congratulations to UNICS, they were better in the second half and deserved this victory.