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Lokomotiv Kuban won an important away victory in the Eurocup

Russia (bbabo.net), - Krasnodar "Lokomotiv-Kuban" won a major victory in the regular championship of the Eurocup. Away "railroad" defeated "Morabank Andorra" - 86:76.

Loko approached this match on an unpleasant series of three defeats in a row in the tournament. Andorrans, on the contrary, did not concede four games in a row at home. Plus, the Krasnodar team missed three baseball players due to injuries. Including Jonathan Motley, who is considered the favorite for the title of the most valuable player in the regular season. Fourth in the infirmary in the second minute of the match was Stanton Kidd. But the Kuban people that evening were determined to act in spite of all the vicissitudes of fate.

Errick McCollum shouldered the burden of the leader, single-handedly scoring 30 points with six assists. An excellent match was issued by Alan Williams, who recently returned from injury: he has 17 points and 14 rebounds.

The players called up to the Russian national team also made a tangible contribution to the success. And it's not even the number of points scored, but their importance. For example, Zakhar Vedischev's hits helped Lokomotiv cool down the owners' chase.

- I have to thank my guys, - said after the game the acting head coach of "Lokomotiv-Kuban" Branko Maksimovich. - We followed our plan for 35 minutes of the match, deviating from it only for five minutes of the second quarter. This is a team victory, I'm proud of the guys. Victory is the best medicine.

By the way, for Maksimovich, the results in this and the next match are of exceptional importance from the point of view of his coaching prospects. This was before the game with "Morabank" said club president Andrei Vedishchev.

For the match against Morabanc Andorra, Krasnodar arrived without three main team players

- We have several potential candidates in our field of vision. The negotiation process with some of them has already taken place, the final decision depends on the upcoming matches of Loko and on what changes Branko Maksimovic will demonstrate in the team's game.

Let's add that after 10 rounds of the "regular season" Krasnodar are in third place in group "A" with seven wins and three losses. Above the "Locomotive" Spanish "Joventut" and the Serbian "Partizan", which have eight wins and two defeats.

The next match in the Eurocup "Lokomotiv-Kuban" will play at home against the Lithuanian "Litkabelis" on January 26, and before that on January 23 it will also play on its parquet with "Nizhny Novgorod" in the United League.

Lokomotiv Kuban won an important away victory in the Eurocup