Keep up the good work!
Our team started the playoffs with a crushing victory over Enisey in their first home game…
CSKA – Yenisey Krasnoyarsk: 104-66 (+38)
CSKA: Ware (21 + 6 as), Ruzhentsev (8 + 3 rb + 2 as), Ukhov (4 rb + 6 as), Astapkovich (12), Jean-Charles (15 + 8 rb + 2 as + 2 bs) – start; Cleveland (8 + 3 to), Trimble (23 + 6 rb + 4 as + 3 st), Karpenko (0), Chadov (4), Antonov (5 + 4 pf), Kurbanov (2 + 3 as + 2 st), Mitrovic (6 + 4 rb + 2 as + 2 st + 3 to)…
Yenisey: Coleman (9 + 3 rb + 4 as), Artis (14), Ryzhov (4 rb + 4 pf), Sonko (3), Tasic (13 + 3 rb) – start; Vedishchev (0), Yevdokimov (0), Kasatkin (6), Shlegel (0), Skuratov (DNP), Vanin (18 + 10 rb + 2 bs), Dolinin (3 + 4 to + 5 pf)…
Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:
First of all, let me thank the fans who came out today despite this very interesting spring weather. Regarding the game, I think we approached it very seriously today, as expected. After all, these are the playoffs, our time, as we've proven time and again. Enisey is a good team. We knew we couldn't handle them in one or two quarters. Nevertheless, we demonstrated a very good approach, and I believe we won this game absolutely fairly. Now we have to prepare for the second game. To do that, we'll have to forget the first game, because we could fall into the trap of thinking the second game will be as easy as the first.
