Loko-Kuban will meet in the final of the United League with UNICS
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The rival of the Krasnodar Lokomotiv-Kuban in the final series of the basketball United League has been determined. They were Kazan UNICS, which beat Zenit from St. Petersburg in the seventh game.
The result of the dramatic match was 80:79, the victory for the hosts of the site was brought by an accurate free-kick performed by the American Vince Carter a second before the end of regular time.
Previously, Lokomotiv-Kuban in the overtime of the seventh game broke the resistance the most titled Russian club CSKA.
The final will also last up to 4 wins. The first 2 matches will take place in Kazan, as UNICS finished higher in the regular season. They will be held May 6 and 8. The teams are guaranteed to play in Krasnodar on May 11 and 13. The remaining matches will take place if necessary, if the champion is not determined: on May 16 in Kazan, on the 19th in Krasnodar and on the 22nd in Kazan.
Last year, the teams competed for bronze medals, and the team from Tatarstan won.
UNICS and Loko have played 4 matches this season. At the first stage, Kazan won twice – 83:75 at home and 82:70 away. But in the games of the top six, Lokomotiv took revenge. In Kazan, the red-greens inflicted the biggest defeat on UNICS in the history of the confrontation between the clubs – 103:70. At home, the southerners consolidated their success by winning 78:70.
Third place will be played by CSKA and Zenit.
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