Switching to full power
Our team defeated Tsmoki after playing perfect defense in the second half.
Tsmoki Minsk vs. CSKA: 60-87 (+27)
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:Tsmoki: Lowery (4 rb), Salash (22 + 7 rb + 2 as), Cavars (3 + 3 to + 5 pf), Rogozenko (4 + 2 as + 5 pf), Clyburn (15) – start; Leimanis (9 + 2 as + 4 to), Borisevich (0), Trostinetskiy (3 + 3 rb), Belyankov (2), Stabrovskiy (0), Dudu (0), Veremeyenko (2 + 2 as)…
CSKA: Hilliard (17 + 2 st), Hackett (12 + 4 rb + 2 as), Voigtmann (4 + 8 rb), Milutinov (10 + 5 rb), Kurbanov (4 + 3 rb + 2 st) – start; Bolomboy (11 + 7 rb), Khomenko (2), James (19 + 5 as), Ukhov (0), Antonov (3), Clyburn (2 + 3 as), Lopatin (3)…
Congratulations to the team. We all witnessed two different halves. We went into the game being slow and sloppy defensively, we gave many open looks to the opponents on the perimeter and under the basket. They scored 47 points, and that was a challenge for us. We said in the locker room that we need to act immediately and change the situation. In the end we allowed just 13 points after halftime, we were able to change the chip. The game was not easy for us as all games are. We are a EuroLeague team, one of the leaders in Europe, so we need to prove in every game and every practice that we belong to the best.
