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Kevin Pangos scored 14 points before the long break and then shone in the corner, but the Canadian effort was not enough for Zenit St Petersburg to win the semi-finals.
Xavier Pascualio’s students in the first match of the VTB United League series on their field in front of 3,489 spectators 73:78 (15:18, 25:24, 16:21, 17:15) landed at CSKA Moscow and is 0-1 behind in the fight for the three victories.
The second match on Wednesday will also be played in St. Petersburg.
Pangos finished with 23 points (3/4 doubles, 4/9 trit., 5/5 penalty), 7 assists, 3 rebounds, 6 errors and 21 utility points in 33 minutes of play.
Tornike Šengelia hit CSKA in the middle of the fourth quarter with a double-digit lead of 71:61.
Pangos then scored two points, then provoked an unsportsmanlike foul from Schengen and took penalties, Vladislav Trushkin added an accurate colon and the hosts came close to 67:71.
After Billy Baron’s three-point kick, Zenit’s gap narrowed to 70:73, and in the next attack the sniper had a chance to equalize, but the long shot missed the goal.
Tarik Black missed both penalties, Will Clyburn scored two points and CSKA took the lead – 76:70.
With 3.2 seconds left in the game, Clyburn almost played as he threw the ball from the sideline and rubbed it at the opponent, the Baron caught the projectile but missed the pass and made a mistake.
The more dominant Johannes Voigtmann noticed the penalties and closed the match – 78:73.
The German scored 13 points in 28 minutes (3/3 double, 0/1 trit., 7/7 penalty), bounced 10 and took 1 ball, made 4 assists, caused 5 fouls and scored 26 utility points.
Shengelia with 17 points (7/14 double, 0/2 trit., 3/3 penalty) was the most productive in the ranks of CSKA. The forward also grabbed 7 balls.
Artūras Gudaitis is still unable to help Zenit due to an ankle injury. Pascual’s army also participates without the traumatized magician Mateušas Ponitka.
The match was judged by a brigade made up of foreign referees, which also includes Lithuanian Saulius Račys. He worked with Damir Javor from Slovenia and Tomas Trawicki from Poland. This trio belongs to the Euroleague judging team.
Zenit: Kevin Pangos 23 (7th ed., 6th ed.), Tarik Black 16 (8th set, 4/11 penalties), Will Thomas 10.
CSKA: Tengikė Šengelija 17 (7/14 dvit.), Johannes Voigtmann 13 (Rev. 10), Daniel Hackett 11 (5 vol.), Darrun Hilliard 10.
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