The fight, as promised
Our team won the first home match of the semi-final against UNICS…
CSKA PBC – UNICS Kazan: 67-56 (+11)
CSKA: Ware (16 + 4 rb + 2 as), Trimble (11 + 3 rb + 2 st + 4 to), Jean-Charles (6 + 2 bs), M'Baye (7), Kurbanov (2 + 9 rb) – start; Mikhailovskii (DNP), Jekiri (15 + 6 rb), Avramovic (6 + 3 rb + 2 as), Ukhov (4 + 2 as + 2 st), Astapkovich (4 rb + 4 as + 2 st + 5 pf), Karpenko (DNP), Antonov (0)…
UNICS: Kulagin (2 + 5 rb + 2 as), Hilliard (4), Bako (16 + 9 rb + 2 bs), Lopatin (3 + 4 rb) – start; Akoon-Purcell (5 + 3 as + 4 pf), Belenitskiy (2 + 5 rb + 2 as + 2 st), Reynolds (8 + 3 rb + 4 to), Komolov (DNP), Knight (16 + 6 rb + 2 as + 4 pf), Toropov (DNP), Ilyuk (DNP), Keene (4 pf)…
Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:
First of all, I want to thank those who decided to come to this meeting today and support us. I hope there will be even more support in the next game. The series is only 1-0, and, as Melo said, it probably wasn’t the most spectacular game. At the same time, the two best defensive teams in the league came out on the court. We were consistent in defense and in the fight on the boards. We need to play smarter on offense, because it’s quite difficult to expect that you will win every time, having scored 67 points.
Melo Trimble, CSKA guard:
It probably wasn’t the most spectacular game. The most important thing is that we did the job we had to do. In the next game, you may see completely different teams, the series may be long. We need to go out with the same energy and do the same job in the second game.
