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Louis Labeyrie

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FINAL

UNICS – Lokomotiv 79-76

UNICS forced 22 Lokomotiv turnovers. 27 personal fouls committed by Lokomotiv helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. The best player for the winners was French Louis Labeyrie (208-1992) who had a double-double by scoring 15 points and 10 rebounds (on 6-of-7 shooting from the field). American center Jalen Reynolds (208-1992, college: Xavier) chipped in 19 points and 5 rebounds. Four UNICS players scored in double figures. Trinidad and Tobago-American swingman Devaughn Akoon-Purcell (196-1993, college: Illinois St.) produced 17 points and American Chris Horton (202-1994, college: Austin Peay, agency: Octagon Europe) added 14 points and 7 rebounds respectively for the guests. Lokomotiv’s coach tried various players’ combinations and tested in total eleven players in this game, but that didn’t help.
Top scorers:
UNICS: J.Reynolds 19+5reb, M.Knight 17+1reb+2ast, L.Labeyrie 15+10reb, N.Dimitrijevic 15+2reb+2ast, V.Hunter 8+5reb+3ast, D.Macon 4+3reb+4ast
Lokomotiv: D.Akoon-Purcell 17+4reb+2ast, C.Horton 14+7reb+2ast, O.White 10+8reb+1ast, D.Uzinskiy 9+2reb, A.Shcherbenev 8+1reb+2ast, J.Barford 8+2reb+2ast

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3-4 Place

CSKA – Zenit 85-61

Zenit was plagued by 28 personal fouls down the stretch. American point guard Casper Ware (178-1990, college: LBSU) orchestrated the victory by scoring 19 points and 4 assists. Serbian Dejan Davidovac
(202-1995) contributed with 14 points and 5 rebounds for the winners.
Four CSKA players scored in double figures. American guard Trent Frazier (188-1998, college: Illinois) replied with 14 points and 4 assists and Andrey Zubkov
(206-1991) added 17 points (on 6-of-7 shooting from the field) in the
effort for Zenit. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so
both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for
next games.
Top scorers:
CSKA: C.Ware 19+4reb+4ast,
D.Davidovac 14+5reb+1ast, D.Cacok 12+5reb+1ast, D.Moore 11+1reb+1ast,
N.Milutinov 10+7reb+2ast, A.Astapkovich 8+3reb+5ast
Zenit: A.Zubkov 17, T.Frazier 14+2reb+4ast, T.Heurtel 10+1reb+6ast, C.Homesley 7+5reb, R.Hamm Jr. 4+3reb, A.Klimenko 4+2reb+1ast