A bit chaotic but still good win
MBA-MAI Moscow – PBC CSKA: 67-83 (+16)
MBA-MAI: Kasatkin (15 + 3 rb + 6 as + 3 to), Barashkov (6 + 5 rb), Minchenko (4 + 5 rb), Trushkin (3), Lichutin (2 + 3 to) – start; Ismailov (2 + 4 pf), Zubkov (6 + 6 rb + 2 as), Belousov (0), Sheyko (18), Pokinko (6 + 3 rb + 4 as), Savchenko (1), Pevnev (4 + 2 bs)…
CSKA: Avramovic (15 + 5 rb + 4 as), Trimble (11 + 5 as + 2 st), M'Baye (4 + 3 rb + 2 st), Umrikhin (0), Kurbanov (4 + 5 rb) – start; Ware (7 + 3 rb + 5 as), Jekiri (21 + 5 rb + 2 as), Astapkovich (10 + 5 rb), Karpenko (3 + 4 pf), Antonov (4 pf), Abdulbasirov (DNP), Jean-Charles (8 + 2 st)…
Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:
Before talking about the game, I would like to express my condolences to our junior team player Ivan Bondarenko, who learned this morning that he lost his mother. Our thoughts and emotional support are with him. As for the game, it was quite difficult for us. I can’t say that I am completely satisfied with what we saw today. We missed a lot of our shots and made this game difficult for ourselves. We have a tight schedule now, so we must draw conclusions and move on. We are CSKA, and in games against us, every opponent is extremely motivated and gives 100 percent, shows the best basketball. When MBA-MAI got within one point, it was a kind of alarm clock, this moment reminded us that we need to take the game more seriously, otherwise we can be punished.
