Three is more than two
Our team demonstrated a terrible percentage of long-range shots on the court of the packed St.Petersburg KSK Arena, but they held on until the very end, showing an incredible fight in the final quarter…
Zenit Saint Petersburg – CSKA PBC: 81-77 (-4)
Zenit: Frazier (16 + 4 rb + 4 as), Karasev (8), Bacon (19 + 3 rb), Hunter (2 + 3 rb + 4 pf), Vorontsevich (0) – start; Shcherbenev (DNP), Shved (3 + 3 as + 3 to), Zakharov (0), White (17 + 6 rb), Ryzhov (DNP), Zhbanov (8 + 7 rb + 5 pf), Poythress (8 + 9 rb + 2 st + 4 pf)…
CSKA: Avramovic (7 + 5 rb + 5 as), Ukhov (2 + 2 st), Jean-Charles (6), M'Baye (9 + 4 pf), Kurbanov (3 + 8 rb + 2 bs) – start; Ware (9 + 4 as), Jekiri (18 + 7 rb), Gankevich (DNP), Trimble (16 + 3 rb + 3 as + 5 pf), Astapkovich (5 + 6 rb + 2 st), Karpenko (DNP), Antonov (2)…
Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:
Congratulations to Zenit on the win, our opponents played better today and deserved the success. With such a low percentage of shots as today, even from the free throw line, it is difficult to count on winning against a team of such a high level. In addition, every turnover that we made was a very low-level mistake. We must be better – and we will be better. Yes, we fought at the end, but in a game against such a team, it is too little to play successfully in fragments.
Когда Андреас пришел в ЦСКА, он построил игру на передачах под кольцо на центровых. Получалось же! На них стали сдваиваться большие, что позволяло свободно бросать с периметра. А вчера - потому и трехи не летели, что основные "бросающие" каждый раз не могли решить: бросать или лезть под больших к кольцу!