CSKA — Zenit, 02 February 2025
LIVE: Match TV, Match! Igra, Start Live
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21:35: Match! Strana
Feb 3 (Mon):
Match! Igra: 2:00
Match! Strana: 7:55, 10:35
Our team made up for a 17-point deficit to Zenit by the final quarter, but failed to seize the initiative completely. The defeat left three teams (including UNICS) tied at the top of the VTB League standings…
PBC CSKA – Zenit St.Petersburg: 66-79 (-13)
CSKA: Ware (10 + 2 as + 3 to + 5 pf), Trimble (21 + 5 rb + 4 as + 2 st + 5 to), Jean-Charles (5 + 4 rb), M'Baye (12 + 5 rb + 2 as), Kurbanov (4 + 7 rb) – start; Jekiri (11 + 6 rb + 3 to), Avramovic (0), Gankevich (DNP), Ukhov (3), Astapkovich (0), Karpenko (DNP), Antonov (0)…
Zenit: Frazier (27 + 2 as + 2 st), Karasev (2), Bacon (15 + 7 rb + 2 as + 2 st), Hunter (7 + 6 rb + 3 bs), Vorontsevich (6 + 4 rb + 2 bs) – start; Shcherbenev (DNP), Shved (9 + 6 as + 4 to), Zakharov (DNP), Ryzhov (0), Zhbanov (9 + 4 rb + 2 st), Poythress (4 + 6 rb)…
Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:
Congratulations to Zenit, they deserved to win, they played better than us. We only had a few moments when we looked like the team we want to be. Overall, the opponents controlled the game. We were not mentally ready, and I take responsibility for that. Again, thanks to the fans who decided to spend time watching basketball and created a great atmosphere… Aleksa Avramovic got injured in the game against Uralmash and was not practicing with the team for a large part of the week. We wanted to get him back in action to help in this important game, but he clearly looked below his standards today.
