AX Olimpia Milan — CSKA, 11 January 2018

AX Olimpia Milan vs. CSKA: 81-107 (+26)

AX Olimpia Milan: Micov (9 + 5 as), Kalnietis (6 + 3 to), Tarczewski (17 + 6 rb + 3 bs + 4 to + 4 pf), Kuzminskas (6 + 4 pf), Cinciarini (6 + 3 rb + 5 as), M’Baye (13 + 3 to), Bertans (15 + 4 pf), Jerrels (4), Gudaitis (5)…

CSKA: De Colo (24 + 3 rb), Fridzon (7), Antonov (4 + 3 rb), Korobkov (2), Rodriguez (15 + 3 rb + 8 as), Clyburn (15 + 9 rb + 4 as + 3 st), Higgins (12 + 4 pf), Khryapa (2), Kurbanov (11 + 3 to), Hines (8 + 3 rb), Hunter (7 + 6 rb)…

I think we were the better team tonight and that was proved on the court by numbers, by performance. We wanted to bounce back after a couple of bad performances that were not at our level. I think we were consistent in what we wanted on the court. The numbers could be a little bit better for us, but still, we had a good opponent in front of us and they tried to come back in the third quarter. They pressured us and that led to 3 turnovers and bad shots. We gave them the opportunity to come back, but after all, we found exactly what we wanted on the court, the advantages and therefore shot very well from two-point range – fast breaks, post-ups and a lot of good synchronizations in the pick-and-roll game. Congratulations to my players, it was a well-deserved win and we have to build on that. I wish the best to Milan.