Another game to build on

CSKA vs. Parma Perm region: 89-74 (+15)

CSKA: Bolomboy (6 + 5 rb + 3 to + 4 pf), James (25 + 3 rb + 2 as), Ukhov (0), Voigtmann (4), Kurbanov (2 + 4 rb + 2 st) – start; Antonov (DNP), Strelnieks (10 + 3 rb), Vorontsevich (4), Clyburn (18 + 7 rb), Hackett (7 + 2 as + 4 pf), Kulagin (2), Hines (11 + 6 rb + 3 st + 3 to)…

Parma: Juskevicius (18 + 3 rb + 5 as + 4 to + 4 pf), Mejeris (6 + 8 rb), Zukauskas (8 + 4 pf), Moultrie (10 + 5 rb + 2 as), Zhmako (2 as + 5 pf) – start; Grigoriev (21 + 4 to + 4 pf), Budin (0), Melnikov (DNP), Chernyshev (DNP), Zabelin (2 + 4 rb + 2 bs), Bondarenko (0), Bulanov (9)…

Congratulations to my team with the first victory. We’ve seen a lot of good things and some bad things tonight. For instance, in second and fourth quarters combined we are up 19. Parma is a very talented and competitive team, I have to congratulate our opponent: they were short in rotation, they missed some players but they came over here to give us a fight. Grigoriev and Juskevicius were hot creation-wise, they had almost 40 points combined. We won the boards, we were dominant – 42-25 with 17 offensive rebounds for us. We shot poorly in the first half, but when the shots started falling we went to plus 11 and more. We are a new team. Players kept their composure until the end. We got to use it as another preparation game during the season.