At the beginning of the game, it was a duel between the centers, Evgeny Minchenko and Andrey Martyuk, who scored more than half of their team's points in the first few minutes. After a close start, "Loko" increased their pressure and began to gain a lead, scoring 37 points by the end of the first quarter.
Despite such an impressive start by our opponent, our players remained focused. The strong defense of MBA-MAI prevented Lokomotiv Kuban from scoring for 4 minutes. A 11-0 run brought the red and white team back within one shot. The visitors tried to regain their lead, but the gap barely changed before halftime - 54-50.
At the beginning of the second half, Danil Pevnev attempted a three-point shot at -1, but missed the basket and after that "Loko" quickly regained their double-digit lead. However, the Moscow team were not out for long and quickly chased them down, turning the "-12" deficit back into "-5".
With just three and a half minutes remaining in the game, Vladislav Trushkin helped to closed the gap for his team, but MBA-MAI lost Konovalov and Ismailov in the late of the game. With two key players out of the rotation, red-white were unable to catch up and fell back to -7, lacking the energy to chase the lead. "Loko" won the game with a final score of 93:85.
