Defense decides

Zalgiris Kaunas – CSKA: 51-73 (+22)

Zalgiris: Nebo (11 + 7 rb + 3 bs), Milaknis (9 + 3 rb), Dragic (2 + 4 pf), Strelnieks (0), Cavanaugh (9 + 4 rb + 2 st) – start; Webster (0), Blazevic (0), Lekavicius (5 + 5 as + 3 to), Kalnietis (5 + 4 as), Miniotas (6), Lukosiunas (DNP), Ulanovas (4 + 6 rb + 5 to)…

CSKA: Lundberg (8 + 3 rb + 3 to), Antonov (2), Milutinov (19 + 12 rb), Kurbanov (3), Shved (17 + 3 as + 2 bs + 3 to) – start; Bolomboy (8 rb), Ukhov (0), Hackett (6 + 2 as + 6 st), Voigtmann (2 as), Clyburn (9), Shengelia (3 + 4 as + 4 pf), Grigonis (6)…

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

It is obvious that we won that game from our defensive effort. We were thrilled, motivated and concentrated to play consistently good defense for three quarters in which Zalgiris scored 10 points. That means a lot. Even though they had a really good start, hitting threes and the extra boost they get from the fans and atmosphere that they create, we established a better status quo on the defensive end and this definitely gave us a 'W'. We forced 19 turnovers, and most of them came as a result from our good defense.