New place feels like home

Astana Nur-Sultan – CSKA: 48-96 (+48)

Astana: Spencer (6 + 11 rb + 4 pf), Murzagaliev (7 + 7 rb + 2 as + 3 to), Marchuk (2 + 3 as), Campbell (2 + 4 rb), Aitkali (6 + 2 as + 3 to) – start; Bazhin (1), Shcherbak (2), Tikhonenko (17), Litvinenko (1), Pan (2 + 3 rb + 2 st), Gavrilov (2 + 3 rb), Balashov (0)…

CSKA: Ware (3 + 4 rb + 7 as + 2 st), Antonov (14 + 5 rb + 2 as + 3 bs), Milutinov (18 + 10 rb + 5 as), Kurbanov (2 + 2 as), Shved (16 + 3 rb + 3 as + 2 st) – start; Khomenko (11 + 2 st + 4 pf), Freeman (11), Ukhov (4 + 3 rb + 3 as), Ivlev (2 + 6 rb + 2 as), Clyburn (0), Lopatin (3 + 3 rb), Jerebko (12 + 6 rb)…

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

Congratulations to the team, we were better on the floor today. We worked on some things, played seriously, and therefore difference was so obvious. We keep going. It was a pleasure for us to play in Almaty with an almost full gym; people here understand basketball and created a good atmosphere.