We give chances, but nothing more
Our team almost missed out on a +18 lead away against Lokomotiv-Kuban, but still managed to keep control of the game and take what turned out to be a difficult victory...
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar – CSKA PBC: 84-88 (+4)
Lokomotiv Kuban: Cleveland (16 + 3 as + 2 st + 4 pf), Miller (13 + 4 rb + 3 as + 3 st + 8 to), Temirov (10 + 2 as), Martyuk (8 + 7 rb + 3 as + 5 pf), Whaley (2 + 4 rb) – start; Kosko (DNP), Vedishchev (DNP), Uzinskiy (5 + 6 rb + 5 pf), Kvitkovskikh (3 rb), McCall (21 + 4 rb + 4 as + 3 st + 5 pf), Yemchenko (9 + 2 as), Sheyanov (0)…
CSKA: Ware (16 + 3 as + 5 pf), Trimble (19 + 4 rb + 5 as + 2 st), Jean-Charles (9 + 3 rb + 2 as + 4 pf), M'Baye (11 + 5 rb + 2 as + 3 st), Kurbanov (4 + 4 rb + 2 as + 4 pf) – start; Jekiri (10 + 4 rb + 3 to + 5 pf), Avramovic (17 + 2 st + 4 to), Gankevich (DNP), Ukhov (5 pf), Astapkovich (4 rb + 4 pf), Karpenko (DNP), Antonov (2 + 3 rb)…
Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:
Before I talk about the game, I want to express my deep gratitude to our fans. I know that many of them made the difficult journey from Moscow, and this shows their devotion. As for the game, I think the final difference is unfair. It is always difficult to play here, but overall we showed good basketball. At the end, the opponents created chaos on the court, which worked in their favor and allowed them to reduce the gap. I think that in reality we should have won by a bigger margin.
Ведь рывок Локо начался с собственных невынужденных ошибок и неконтролируемых эмоций. Каспер, конечно, подвел команду в концовке, но при этом принес много пользу по ходу матча, а вот российские игроки, за исключением эпизодических успехов Курби, выглядели сегодня просто ужасно. Астапкович мазал все подряд и терял мяч на ровном месте. Ухов получал необязательные фолы. Антонов смазал несколько раз подряд, совершал потери и забил лишь один раз, когда находился один под кольцом. Для российских игроков ЦСКА сегодняшний матч-это профессиональный позор.