Bursaspor — CSKA, 11 September 2022

Bursaspor – PBC CSKA: 71-82 (+11)

Bursaspor: Needham (16 + 8 as + 2 st + 5 to), Taskiran (3), Auguste (26 + 7 rb + 7 st + 4 pf), Dudzinski (11 + 6 rb + 3 as + 2 st), Clemmons (11 + 3 rb + 3 as + 2 st + 3 to) – start; Sezgun (1), Ozalp (0), Akin (DNP), Al (3 + 3 as), Atalan (0), Duverioglu (DNP)…

CSKA: Ware (15 + 3 as + 4 pf), Ukhov (2 + 4 as), Antonov (10 + 3 rb + 2 as + 3 to), Jean-Charles (15 + 9 rb + 4 as + 2 st + 3 to), Kurbanov (2 + 7 rb + 2 st) – start; Komolov (0), Astapkovich (5 + 6 rb + 3 to), Ruzhentsev (21 + 3 rb + 2 st), Antipov (0), Moore (2), Desyatnikov (2), Shved (8 + 4 rb + 4 as + 4 to)…

Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:

We tried to make another step forward in our preparations, we are trying to make our game better and better. Today was the first game when Alex [Shved] joined the team and he helped us a lot. We still don’t give him full amount of minutes but he still played in two important stretches of the game. All the players got chance, intensity was high. There are still many things that need to be covered but we are also missing two important players who need to be in those roles. It’s a process, and we are moving forward.

We had three games here in six days, the schedule was tough for the players. I think in this third game we showed more organized basketball, especially in defense, but offensively also. We were looking for each other, this is something positive. I told the guys to keep improving every day. When it’s needed we will be where we need to be.