Motivation from opponents

Parma Perm Region – PBC CSKA: 64-101 (+37)

Parma: Hamilton (11 + 5 rb + 2 as + 3 to), Ruzhentsev (13 + 4 rb + 4 as + 3 to + 4 pf), Il’nitskiy (3 + 4 pf), Hamm (15 + 8 rb + 2 as), Yakushin (2) – start; Svinin (0), Nevels (10 + 4 rb + 2 as + 3 to), Tuchkov (2), Shashkov (0), Cheburkin (2), Firsov (1 + 4 rb), Zakharov (5 + 3 rb + 4 pf)…

CSKA: Avramovic (17 + 3 as + 4 st), Ukhov (6 + 3 rb + 3 as), Jean-Charles (10 + 6 rb + 2 as), M'Baye (6 + 3 rb + 2 as), Kurbanov (7 + 5 rb + 4 as) – start; Ware (12 + 2 as), Jekiri (6 + 6 rb), Trimble (16 + 4 as), Astapkovich (12 + 4 rb), Karpenko (2), Antonov (3 + 3 as + 2 st), Abdulbasirov (4)…

Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:

First of all, I like to play in front of the Parma fans. I consider Perm a basketball city and always enjoy the atmosphere in the gym. We prepared seriously, we knew that we would be facing a good team that has been showing good results lately. We were motivated, did everything right, played like champions, and this determined the outcome. We drew motivation from Parma's recent successes and from our previous meetings, in which we were not satisfied with the quality of our game, despite the victories.