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The first meeting between these teams on Monday was also dramatic, with CSKA winning 78:73.
This time, the drama lasted up to 50 minutes. At the end of the fourth quarter, Zenit had a 3-point lead (75:72), but Tornikė Šengelija, who played a wonderful match, snatched an extra five minutes from them, taking a three-point lead in 3 seconds. Billy Baron’s triple, which could still bring victory to the St. Petersburg team, was inapplicable.
At the end of the first overtime, CSKA already had the initiative, exploding 87:84 after Will Clyburn’s three-point lead.
However, 15 seconds before the decisive attack. Baron fouled Ivan Uchov by shooting from a distance and did not make a mistake when standing on the penalty line: he hit all three shots, and in the CSKA attack, the teams went into the second extra year for W. Clyburn.
At the beginning, Zenit played impressively: he scored 8 points in a row and escaped 95:87.
CSKA was pulled out of the hole by Daniel Hackett, who scored 8 straight points and helped the Muscovites get closer to 102: 104, but Zenit held out and the hosts’ victory 14 seconds from time. established by Colin Kevin Pangos.
Zenit center Artūras Gudaitis was unable to play this match due to injury.
The series will now move to Moscow, where the third and fourth matches will take place. Zenit and CSKA’s next game is scheduled for Saturday.
In the following semi-final series, Kazanė UNIKS leads 1-0 against Mantas Kalnietis and Mindaugas Kuzminskas with “Lokomotiv” from Krasnodar.
„Zenit“: Kevin Pangos 27 (7/12 diat., 3/8 trit., 9 res.), Billy Baron 20 (4/10 trit.), Alex Poythress 15 (8 sec.), Will Thomas and Tarik Black after 10.
CSKA: Will Clyburn 28 (6/11 diat., 3/10 trit., 6 reb. Cam.), Tornikė Šengelija 27 (4/5 trit., 6 reb. Cam., 30 us.), Daniel Hackett 17, Michealas Ericas 11, Darrunas Hilliardas 10.
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