CSKA vs. Panathinaikos Athens : 86-69 (+17)
Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach:
I am happy for my team. After the losses to Unicaja and Real Madrid we played a really good game. I congratulate all my players, not only those who were on the court tonight, because we had an excellent week of practices, probably the best week so far this season. And we want to build on it, to continue working as hard. Sasha Kaun was like Bill Russell under the basket tonight. He had 10 deflections, and this is not considering his 5 blocked shots. We hope that Victor Khryapa will join the team for practices next Tuesday and he will have time to prepare for the next Euroleague game which will be played on Friday.
Argiris Pedulakis, Panathinaikos head coach:
Our team did not show concentration nor energy tonight which is problematic against a high-level team like CSKA. We played bad in the first and third quarters, especially defensively. We played 4 important games recently, we won the Greek Cup so it was probably logical to relax. But we should not use it as an excuse. We should use this loss as the lesson.
