Not by shooting but by being physical

It was very difficult to compete against the speed of Krasny Octyabr backcourt but our team solved all the problems by the pressure under both baskets.

CSKA vs. Krasniy Oktyabr (Volgograd): 101-87 (+14)

CSKA: Teodosic (5 + 3 rb + 6 as), Fridzon (17 + 4 rb), Jackson (12 + 7 rb), Pargo (7 + 4 as), Krstic (14), Weems (6 + 3 to + 4 pf), Zozulin (2), Voronov (2), Vorontsevich (4 + 3 rb), Kaun (17 + 2 bs), Hines (15 + 10 rb + 5 as + 2 bs)…

Krasniy Oktyabr: Zamanskiy (3), Victor (14 + 11 rb), Komissarov (3), Deane (20 + 3 rb + 7 as), Hinson (14 + 4 pf), Culpepper (24 + 3 to), Fletcher (4), Cousin (5)…

Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach:

We faced fantastic offensive team and we needed half of the game to adjust our defense. Then we found right combination of good defense and effective offense and got the well-deserved win against excellent rookie team.

Alexander Kaun , CSKA center:

Krasniy Oktyabr is a good team which is playing offensive basketball. It's their first season in VTB League. We started the game after a tough loss to Fenerbahce Ulker that's why our first half was unsuccessful. In the second one we found the way to play good on defense, made a spurt and finish the game with the win.