CSKA — Zenit, 02 February 2025

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.