Defense wins titles. Proved again
UNICS Kazan – PBC CSKA: 55-66 (+11)
UNICS: Dimitrijevic (9 + 3 as + 5 to + 4 pf), Belenitskiy (3 + 3 rb), Reynolds (18 + 8 rb + 2 bs), Knight (8 + 5 rb + 5 as + 2 st), Vorontsevich (2 + 5 rb) – start; Kulagin (6), Labeyrie (4 + 5 rb + 2 as), Zaytsev (0), Stulenkov (DNP), Odinokov (DNP), Lazarev (DNP), Green (5 + 3 rb)…
CSKA: Ware (6 + 3 rb + 7 as), Astapkovich (12 + 5 rb + 2 as + 4 to), Jean-Charles (9 + 5 rb), M'Baye (7 + 3 rb + 2 bs), Kurbanov (4 + 4 rb + 2 st) – start; Jekiri (11 + 9 rb + 2 as), Gankevich (DNP), Trimble (10 + 5 rb + 4 as + 3 to), Ukhov (5 + 4 rb + 2 as), Ruzhentsev (DNP), Antonov (2 + 5 pf), Hanlan (DNP)…
Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:
This is the most important moment for the club and everyone on the team. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who did a great job, the players for their hard work and effort, the management for trust in me, the fans for their support. This game became the definition of a dogfight. Even though it was a low-scoring game, I think the crowd enjoyed the competition and the intensity of the final game. The opponents are a great team with great players and a coach. We did everything we could in this series. I think many will agree with me that the VTB League is a tournament of the highest level. And I am incredibly happy that I won my first title as a head coach here.
