Lokomotiv Kuban pulled off a major upset in the VTB League playoff semifinals, as they defeated CSKA 97-88 in overtime.
The team led by Serbian coach Tomislav Tomovic pulled off a big overtime win on the road to take a 1-0 lead in this best-of-seven series.
Neither team managed to build a double-digit lead during the game, and the key contributors to the victory for the Krasnodar side were Alen Hadzibegovic β the naturalized Qatar national team playerΒ β with 20 points and 12 rebounds, Vsevolod Ishchenko with 19 points, and American guard Patrick Miller with 17 points, four rebounds, and eight assists.
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However, the biggest hero for Lokomotiv Kuban was American forward Mike Moore, who hit a game-tying three-pointer late in the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime. Moore finished with 11 points and four rebounds.
On the other side, Livio Jean-Charles led CSKA with 15 points, Antonius Cleveland added 14, Samson Ruzhentsev scored 13, while Nikita Kurbanov recorded 12 points and 11 rebounds. Luka Mitrovic finished the game with eight points and two assists, without a rebound.
The series is played in a best-of-seven format. The next game is scheduled for Thursday, again in the Russian capital.
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