CSKA vs. UNICS Kazan: 89-79 (+10)
Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach:
It is always difficult to play against UNICS, against its depth. Besides they’ve just change the coach and had extra-motivation because of this. We had a good start but quick fouls and injury to Victor Khryapa (he wil be re-evaluated tomorrow) created problems. Without Victor and Sonny the team was probably a bit afraid. But in the third quarter we had good shooting percentage, great ball movement and defense. It is very important that our second unit played well, especially Sokolov and Zozulin who helped a lot.
