Besiktas JK Istanbul vs. CSKA: 58-85 (+27)
Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach:
That was an important win against excellent team, which is well-organized, well-coached and it is still undefeated in Turkey. I think we defended very good, with desire and cooperation. That helped us to excel on offense with big number of assists. I’d like to congratulate my players. It is very difficult to play here in this amazing atmosphere. I’d also like to apologize for Andrey Vorontsevich. He did not here my order not to score in the last possession. He played good game, very enthusiastic and he just could not stop. Not him, nor all our team did not mean to harm the opponents and the fans. Our good shooting percentage is explained by good ball movement and great work on the offensive glass, especially by Vorontsevich – that helped shooters to feel more relaxed. Nicholas and Voronov did not play tonight because I wanted to shorten the rotation and our other guards played well.
