Zalgiris is experiencing tough period of time: just after the loss to outsider KK Zagreb in Euroleague, Kaunas team was routed by UNICS in Kazan. Lithuanian champions did not return home flying directly to Moscow. You can be sure that they will have extra motivation against CSKA tomorrow.
"Our opponent is a well-balanced team which is trying hard to step into white stripe," - CSKA head coach Jonas Kazlauskas said. "Their losses do not tell about their shortcomings. Zalgiris is looking for its style after coaching change and they are able to strike in any game. Though they are also able to fall down as they did in Zagreb. Every game is important for Zalgiris which hopes to qualify for the Top 16. That makes them very dangerous, so we should be extremely cautious especially with Andrei Kirilenko out. Fortunately we have a lot of high-quality players, and they have to step up, to use their chance."
Army men have their problems after Andrei Kirilenko got injured. Darius Lavrinovic continues to rehabilitate his back.
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