The mood is good

MBA-MAI Moscow – CSKA: 65-100 (+35)

MBA-MAI: Komolov (3 as), Zaytsev (8 + 3 as + 3 st), Barashkov (4), Trushkin (13 + 3 rb), Zubkov (10 + 4 rb + 4 as) – start; Savkov (15 + 3 rb), Shikalov (0), Ismailov (3), Balashov (4 + 4 rb + 5 pf), Lichutin (2), Platunov (5 + 5 as + 5 to + 4 pf), Pevnev (1)…

CSKA: Ware (5 + 4 as), Ruzhentsev (23 + 3 rb + 3 as), Ukhov (10 + 3 as + 3 st), Astapkovich (15 + 4 rb), Mitrovic (2 + 6 rb + 3 as + 2 st + 3 to) – start; Cleveland (10 + 5 rb + 5 as + 3 st), Gankevich (3 + 3 rb + 2 as + 4 pf), Trimble (13), Karpenko (0), Chadov (9 + 8 rb + 2 as), Antonov (8 + 3 rb + 2 st), Kurbanov (2 + 4 rb)…

Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:

First of all, thanks to all the CSKA fans who came to support us. Thanks also to the MBA-MAI fans; there were a lot of them today, and the atmosphere in the arena was great. MBA made the previous game difficult for us; they earned our full respect; they're a good team, and today we treated our opponent with respect, were very serious, and, in my opinion, played excellent defense, because allowing 65 points while scoring 100 is a big difference. [The 31-4 run in the second quarter] happened because we were serious, played great defense, and disrupted our opponents' game. We used our defense to go to fast breaks. But, most of all, it was the result of our motivation and a very serious approach to the game against a very strong opponent.