Just 1-1
Our team didn't achieve the maximum in St.Petersburg, but still stole the home court advantage and now expects that it will become a real advantage thanks to the CSKA fans...
Zenit Saint Petersburg – CSKA PBC: 86-70 (-16)
Zenit: Frazier (19 + 2 as), Zhbanov (10 + 4 rb + 4 as + 4 pf), Bacon (20), Hunter (8 + 7 rb + 2 as), Vorontsevich (4 rb + 2 as) – start; Shcherbenev (2), Shved (2 + 3 rb + 4 as + 2 bs + 4 to), Zakharov (5), White (12 + 5 rb + 4 pf), Ryzhov (0), Poythress (8 + 5 rb)…
CSKA: Ware (14 + 4 rb + 2 as), Trimble (21 + 4 pf), Astapkovich (7), Jean-Charles (7 + 6 rb + 3 to), M'Baye (8 + 4 to) – start; Mikhailovskii (0), Jekiri (6 + 7 rb + 2 st), Avramovic (4 + 3 rb + 3 as), Gankevich (0), Ukhov (0), Karpenko (0), Antonov (3)…
Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:
First of all, congratulations to Zenit on their victory. I would also like to thank the CSKA fans who came here to support us. Unfortunately, we were unable to give them the result that we and they wanted. As I said before, after the previous game the score was 1-0 – and nothing more. Now I can say: the score is 1-1 – and nothing more. We must learn from this defeat and play better on our home court.
Anton Astapkovich, CSKA forward:
We probably lacked some aggression. We tried, and they responded in kind. So, I think we definitely need to work on this.
