Now everything is as it should be

CSKA – UNICS Kazan: 86-75 (+11)

CSKA: Ruzhentsev (7), Trimble (25 + 6 as), Ukhov (1 + 3 rb + 3 as), Astapkovich (12 + 5 rb + 5 as + 4 st), Jean-Charles (15 + 3 rb + 2 as + 2 st) – start; Cleveland (13 + 3 rb + 2 as), Ware (3 as), Jekiri (4 + 6 rb), Gankevich (DNP), Karpenko (DNP), Antonov (0), Kurbanov (9)…

UNICS: Belenitskiy (5 + 6 rb + 4 pf), Bingham (14 + 5 rb + 3 to), Bryce (11 + 4 rb + 3 as + 4 to), Lee (13 + 7 as + 3 to), Lopatin (2 + 4 pf) – start; Reynolds (17 + 2 as + 3 to + 4 pf), Kulagin (5 + 3 rb), Pierre (6 + 2 as), Zakharov (2), Abdulbasirov (0), Ilyuk (DNP), Belousov (DNP)…

First of all, I would like to thank the fans; we always need their support. This was a very important win for us because UNICS played amazing basketball at the start of the season. They have a great coach, the team plays hard, with the pride. We learned the lessons after the Mega game. Today, we had the best defense of any game this season, and we won the rebounds, which is always important for our team. The key moment was the start of the third quarter, when we built a lead. It's exactly the moment when UNICS usually shows its best.

Today was a good game; it was a real test for us. We tried really hard, but it's too early to draw conclusions, as it's only the beginning of the season.