In a bad moment
For the first time in the history of the VTB League, our team is not going to play in a final, having lost in overtime of the Game 7 of the series against Lokomotiv-Kuban, despite the wonderful support of the fans and the presence of ice hockey teammates, KHL champions…
PBC CSKA – Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar: 100-103 OT (-3)
CSKA: Ware (13 + 2 as + 4 pf), Ruzhentsev (5 + 4 rb + 4 pf), Cacok (15 + 9 rb + 2 st + 4 to + 4 pf), Kurbanov (2 + 3 rb + 2 as + 5 pf), Shved (22 + 5 rb + 13 as + 4 to) – start; Komolov (DNP), Ukhov (5 + 5 rb + 5 pf), Astapkovich (0), Davidovac (7), Jean-Charles (3 + 3 rb), Moore (17), Milutinov (11 + 5 rb + 2 bs)…
Lokomotiv Kuban: Barford (17 + 9 rb + 7 as + 2 st + 5 pf), Martyuk (12 + 4 rb), Uzinskiy (5 + 5 pf), Kvitkovskikh (9 + 4 rb + 2 as + 4 pf), Yemchenko (6 + 3 as + 2 st + 5 pf) – start; Shcherbenev (15 + 4 as), Akoon-Purcell (6 + 5 rb + 7 as + 5 pf), Horton (12 + 6 rb), Yelatontsev (DNP), White (21 + 8 rb + 3 to), Paunic (DNP), Vedishchev (0)…
Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:
Tough loss. Congratulations to Loko. Problems came to us at a key moment of the season. Due to the injuries of two leading players, Milutinov and Shved, we came to this series not in the best shape. And seven games demanded good physical conditions. Loko prevailed in this. Of course, this game added pressure. As professionals, we should have dealt with it, but we couldn't. Look at least at the number of missed free throws... But it is as it is. It hurts that the team showed great team basketball throughout the season, and one bad stretch ruined everything.
