Loko-Kuban defeated CSKA in overtime of the seventh game and advanced to the final

Krasnodar “Lokomotiv-Kuban” in the decisive match of the semifinal series of basketball United League was able to beat the best team of the regular season CSKA and continue to fight for victory in the tournament. The seventh game of the confrontation took place in the Moscow “Megasport” and ended with the victory of Krasnodar in overtime with a score of 103:100 (25:22, 14:25, 21:21, 25:17, 18:15). The match was attended by over 8,000 spectators.

In the course of the fourth quarter, the red-greens were inferior by 9 points, but were able to return to the game. And Loko’s leader Jaylen Burford made a shot for the win in the last seconds, but failed to hit the basket. Teams with the score 85:85 started overtime.

At the start of the extra 5-minute period, 3 Loko players left the court at once due to too many personal remarks – Burford, DeVon Akun-Purcell and Vladislav Yemchenko. The leader of the team was Alexander Shcherbenev, who scored an important three-pointer and made free throws without a miss.

At the last minute, the guests led with a difference of 8 points, the army team managed to reduce it to only 3 points. For the first time in the history of the tournament, CSKA did not reach the final. Loko ended up in the decisive series for the second time in history.

Okaro White scored 21 points against Krasnodar, Barford scored 17, Shcherbenev 15, Andrei Martyuk and Chris Horton scored 12 each. CSKA has 22 points with Alexey Shved.

Loko’s opponent will be determined in the seventh game between Unicom Kazan and Zenit St. Petersburg. It will take place on the evening of May 2 in the capital of Tatarstan.