Switching on, though not right away
BC Samara – PBC CSKA: 82-92 (+10)
Samara: Rebic (7 + 3 st), Thompson (7 + 7 rb + 3 to), Platonov (6 + 2 as), Zagorac (13 + 5 rb), Roberson (9 + 6 as + 3 to + 4 pf) – start; Gudumak (5 + 4 rb), Razumov (DNP), Viktorov (DNP), Hawkins (8 + 2 st + 3 to), Dalton (10 + 6 rb), Kulagin (17 + 3 as), Umrikhin (DNP)…
CSKA: Ware (3 + 4 as), Ukhov (0), Antonov (8), Jean-Charles (15 + 4 as), M'Baye (15 + 2 as) – start; Mikhailovskii (0), Jekiri (4 + 8 rb + 5 as + 4 pf), Trimble (23 + 4 rb + 3 as + 4 st + 4 to), Astapkovich (11 + 6 rb + 6 as + 2 st), Ruzhentsev (4), Kardanakhishvili (9 + 4 rb + 2 as), Klyuev (DNP)…
Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:
Congratulations to Samara for the good game, they played good basketball. It was a nice atmosphere in the gym, we enjoyed it. In the first half we didn’t play well, we had a small New Year break and we have to get back to game rhythm. In the second half we started to play better in defense, more aggressive, that’s why the final result is in our favor.
