CSKA vs. Real Marid: 81-72 (+9)
Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach:
It was an important win obviously. Congratulations to my players – they prepared well, with good poise and patience, we had unbelievable atmosphere in the team for past two weeks. Now we have to focus on the game against PAO. As for this game, we played great in the first half. We had 11 more possessions than the opponents thanks to steals, small number of turnovers and good rebounding. And you should remember that we did it against great team which usually scores a lot. In the second half we defended not so well but we managed to control all crucial situations and won with the difference we needed.
