Versus hyper-motivation

24.01.2013
Nenad Krstic (photo T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
“The standings do not reflect its true power”. That’s the characteristic of visiting Unicaja by coach Ettore Messina.

The opponents are ready to surprise. At least they have to adjust their game without injured center Kosta Perovic. Now the Spanish team has difficulties with big men rotation – the army men are in approximately same situation.

By the way CSKA has just one injured player – Andrey Vorontsevich is still busy with rehabilitation process. Meanwhile Zoran Erceg is practicing with the team but he still did not return optimal physical and game shape to play in official game. So the Serbian forward will be kept out of the roster.

“We will face the team which has a lot of offensive weapons,” Ettore Messina. “Besides they are coming off 7-game losing streak so they will be hyper-motivated and with fierce desire to win. It will be a tragic mistake to think that Unicaja can be judged by the standings only. Its coach and players are definitely worth of better record. So the best quality of our game will be needed to be able to win.”