CSKA — Avtodor, 04 January 2022

CSKA – Avtodor Saratov: 92-65 (+27)

CSKA: Lundberg (9 + 3 rb + 3 as + 2 st), Ukhov (3 + 2 as + 2 st), Shengelia (18 + 4 rb + 4 as + 3 to), Milutinov (2 + 7 rb), Kurbanov (2) – start; Bolomboy (9 + 4 rb), Khomenko (6 + 3 as + 2 st), Hackett (9 + 3 rb + 4 as), Antonov (5 + 5 rb + 2 st + 2 bs), Voigtmann (14), Lopatin (4 + 2 as), Grigonis (11 + 2 as + 3 to)…

Avtodor: Sakic (4 + 3 rb), Chery (6 + 4 rb + 4 as), Scrubb (9 + 4 as), Kolesnikov (3), Jerrett (9 + 5 rb + 2 as + 4 to + 4 pf) – start; Funderburk (11 + 3 to + 4 pf), Petenev (0), Minchenko (10), Kvitkovskikh (4), Sergeyev (3), Gavrilov (2), Johnson (4 + 3 as + 4 to)…

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

First of all, I wish everyone a Happy New Year and Merry Christmas. Hopefully the whole COVID-19 situation will go away soon and we can breathe freely. As for today's meeting, we played very seriously, we prepared seriously. Avtodor is the leader of the standings, a team that also ranks first on offense, scoring 91 points on average. Today we managed to keep them at 65 points as a result of our wish and the chosen tactics. Yes, we had some collapses as a result of our aggressive defense, nevertheless, we did not give up open shots, we rebounded well and forced the opponents to commit 14 turnovers. Congratulations to the team.