The game is over
Milan, Italy
30 September 2021 Thursday / 21:30 MSK
Mediolanum Forum
84
74
CSKA
Sep. 30 (Thu):
LIVE (for Russia): Match! Country, MatchTV.ru, Sportbox.ru
LIVE (pay): Euroleague.tv

Oct. 1 (Fri):
0:55: Match TV
2:20, 8:00, 20:50: Match! Game
4:15, 10:05, 16:50: Match! Country
CSKA
30.09.2021
Our team had a great start of the game in Milan even after Milutinov got injured, but let the game slip away and started the EuroLeague season with a loss...
Lets think the stock of bad luck is exhausted

AX Olimpia Milan – CSKA: 84-74 (-10)

AX Olimpia Milan: Melli (15 + 6 rb), Tarczewski (0), Delaney (2 as), Shields (17 + 7 rb + 5 as + 4 pf), Datome (3) – start; Grant (3), Rodriguez (17 + 4 rb + 2 as), Ricci (3 + 4 rb), Moraschini (0), Hall (11), Mitoglou (2 + 2 as), Hines (13 + 3 as + 2 st)…

CSKA: Lundberg (13 + 7 rb + 6 as + 2 st + 4 pf), Shengelia (7 + 6 rb + 2 st + 3 to), Milutinov (0), Kurbanov (10 + 4 rb), Shved (9 + 2 as) – start; Bolomboy (3), Ukhov (0), Hackett (9 + 4 pf), Antonov (0), Voigtmann (8 + 7 rb + 2 as), Clyburn (12 + 3 rb), Grigonis (3)…


Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
I would like to congratulate Milano for the first win. We had two different faces. The opening of the game, in the first quarter, we were playing solid defensively and very good offense. We were shooting 70% threes, 42% twos, 80% free throws, scoring 29 points. This is where the page turned and we did not respond to physicality at all. We didn’t go to the line, we were not making shots from the perimeter, shooting 1 of 11 in the second half and most of them were open looks. And 8 of our two-pointers in the second half, which is very poor. We have to make those shots. We were missing too many layups and getting nervous. Also in the last quarter, we had 6 turnovers and overall it was not the best performance, especially on physicality. This is a physical league and we were preparing for that, going out of our comfort zone and not getting calls easily. We have to be tougher.

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