Not so easy on the jubilee
The second game of this calendar year, dedicated to the centenary of our club, turned out to be very difficult for the red-and-blues. And for the second time we got the victory with a minimal margin in the last seconds...
PBC CSKA – Parma Perm region: 77-76 (+1)
CSKA: Ware (23 + 6 as + 2 st), Jekiri (8 + 4 rb), Ruzhentsev (13 + 5 rb + 2 bs), Antonov (3 rb + 2 as), Kurbanov (5 + 5 rb) – start; Mikhailovskii (DNP), Trimble (17 + 4 pf), Astapkovich (3), Jean-Charles (2), Kardanakhishvili (0), M'Baye (6)…
Parma: Bryce (9 + 3 rb + 7 as), Solomon (4 + 6 rb + 5 to + 5 pf), Il’nitskiy (7 + 6 rb + 2 as + 3 to + 4 pf), Abdulbasirov (6 + 9 rb + 2 as + 3 bs), Platunov (13 + 2 as + 4 to) – start; Johnson (33 + 5 rb + 3 to), Reese (DNP), Khalturin (4 rb + 5 pf), Tuchkov (0), Cheburkin (0), Yegorov (4)…
Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:
Congratulations to Parma: the opponents showed great dedication, they were dangerous and aggressive, especially in the third quarter, when we tried to create a lead. They caught up with us and had a chance to win. But we controlled the game and managed to win. It will be a lesson for us: we need to defend better throughout the entire 40 minutes, concentrate more on what we agreed on before the game
