Khimki — CSKA, 29 March 2019

Khimki Moscow region vs. CSKA: 72-80 (+8)

Khimki: Shved (17 + 7 as), Harrison (9 + 2 as), Zubkov (2), Jenkins (2 + 3 rb + 5 pf), Thomas (6 + 5 rb + 4 to) – start; Crocker (8 + 4 rb + 2 st), Vyaltsev (1 + 4 pf), Zaytsev (6 + 3 rb + 2 as + 2 st + 4 pf), Monya (6 + 4 rb + 2 bs), Gubanov (0), Mickey (15 + 5 rb + 4 bs)…

CSKA: De Colo (14 + 4 as), Bolomboy (8 + 5 rb), Hackett (8 + 3 rb + 4 as + 2 st), Kurbanov (4 + 4 pf), Hines (12 + 7 rb) – start; Peters (2 + 4 rb), Ukhov (0), Rodriguez (5 + 3 rb + 5 as + 3 to), Vorontsevich (5 + 3 rb), Clyburn (7 + 3 rb), Higgins (11 + 3 rb), Hunter (4 + 4 pf)…

First, congratulations to my players. I think we were the better team and we deserved to win. We were in control and we had some big margins. Of course, Khimki has pride and they managed to come back and tried to cut the deficit. But we brought the game to the win, I would say, smoothly.