No rebound - no win
Pari Nizhniy Novgorod – PBC CSKA: 77-75 (-2)
Pari NN: Nutall (11 + 7 rb), Karpenkov (4), Khvostov (8 + 4 rb + 7 as + 3 st + 4 pf), Durisic (12 + 3 rb + 2 as + 5 pf), Baburin (8 + 4 as) – start; Shepherd (1 + 6 rb + 5 as + 4 pf), Gant (4 + 5 rb), Zakharov (DNP), Khomenko (5 + 2 st), Chadov (3 + 12 rb), Dawkins (21 + 5 rb), Зоткин (0)…
CSKA: Avramovic (6 + 3 rb + 6 as + 4 to), Trimble (16 + 5 rb + 3 to), Jean-Charles (14 + 6 rb + 2 bs), M'Baye (9 + 3 rb + 2 as), Kurbanov (10 + 4 rb + 2 as) – start; Ware (12 + 4 as), Jekiri (3 + 4 rb), Gankevich (DNP), Ukhov (2 as), Astapkovich (2), Karpenko (DNP), Antonov (3)…
Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:
Congratulations to our opponents on their win, they played hard today. The victory could have gone to either team, but in the end our opponents prevailed. It is obvious to me that rebounds were the deciding factor. Allowing opponents 23 offensive rebounds is unacceptable, and it cost us the win. The game was nervous, both teams missed a lot of shots, but we still could have played better. It is clear that Tonye Jekiri's injury affected our effectiveness under the boards, but this is not an excuse. We still should have won.
