CSKA — Partizan, 13 March 2014

CSKA vs. Partizan Belgrad: 84-52 (+32)

CSKA: Micov (8 + 5 rb), Fridzon (13), Jackson (9 + 5 as + 3 st), Pargo (7), Krstic (9), Weems (3), Zozulin (3), Vorontsevich (5 + 4 rb), Shukhovtcov (1), Kaun (13), Khryapa (11 + 4 rb + 4 as + 2 bs), Hines (2)…

Partizan: Tepic (9 + 3 rb), Lauvergne (17 + 5 rb + 3 to), Pavlovic (8 + 4 rb), Milutinov (4 + 4 rb + 5 pf), Bogdanovic (6 + 3 rb + 3 st + 7 to + 4 pf), Gagic (6), Musli (2 + 4 rb)…

My players deserved best congratulations. They played hard from minute one and till the final buzzer. They defended very good, intense, active, helped each other. They moved the ball really well recording 23 assists. Obviously Partizan suffers from changes and injuries, Kinsey did not play tonight but we have our share of problems. It is never easy to defeat Partizan which plays hard and is very well coached. Hopefully, Teodosic will be able to recover soon and help us in deciding stage of the season.

My congratulations to CSKA with well-deserved victory. I am not satisfied with what our players showed today. Despite the absence of Kinsey and other injured players, despite the facts that we are clearly not favorites in this game, I can’t accept the lack of character, will to fight and self-respect. The difference in quality of CSKA and Partizan is huge but tonight this difference was also in the approach to the game. I’d like to wish CSKA good luck. Pretty sure that with this focus they will be able to reach any goal.