On Tuesday, “Lokomotiv-Kuban” played a game against the Turkish “Turk Telecom” in the fifth round of the Eurocup. The meeting took place in Ankara and ended with the defeat of the Kuban basketball players with a score of 88:85.
For a long time, the leader of the “red-greens” – center Jonathan Motley, was the soloist. The first quarter ended with a score of 24:17 in favor of the home team, in the second “Loko” narrowed the gap a little (23:22), and in the last half of the game even bypassed rivals (19:21; 22:25). In the final quarter, they managed to equalize the score to 80:80, but the Turks responded with two accurate three-pointers in a row.
Lokomotiv-Kuban won four wins in five matches in the current Eurocup season and tops the group A standings. Turk won three wins in five meetings and is in fifth place.
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