In a broken rhythm

Uralmash Yekaterinburg – CSKA: 76-79 (+3)

Uralmash: Ellis (9 + 5 rb + 3 bs), Douglas (4 + 6 rb + 5 as), Dalton (12 + 5 rb + 4 pf), Kardanakhishvili (9 + 3 as + 4 pf), Gerasimov (16 + 5 as + 2 st + 3 to) – start; Nevels (16 + 3 rb + 3 as + 2 st + 5 to + 4 pf), Pynko (DNP), Petenyov (DNP), Pisklov (0), Novikov (DNP), Belyankov (2 + 4 rb), Nelson (8)…

CSKA: Ware (12 + 5 as), Ukhov (8 + 4 rb + 4 as + 3 st + 4 pf), Antonov (3), Kurbanov (2 + 5 rb), Mitrovic (3 + 9 rb + 3 st + 3 to + 4 pf) – start; Cleveland (8 + 2 as + 3 to + 4 pf), Ruzhentsev (12), Gankevich (2 + 3 rb), Trimble (19 + 2 as), Astapkovich (6), Karpenko (0), Chadov (4 + 3 rb)…

Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:

I'd like to thank the CSKA fans for supporting us today. I'd also like to thank the fans from Yekaterinburg for the fantastic atmosphere; it's always a pleasure to play here. Before coming here, we knew it would be a tough game against a tough opponent, and that's exactly what happened. We were able to control the rebounds, which was our goal and something we'd lacked in previous games. The problem was our inconsistency in play and the fluctuations in our performance throughout the game. This is something we've been struggling with at this stage of the season.