Europeans from Krasnodar

Russian clubs meet in the Euroleague competition for the first time ever this season. The Army Men host Lokomotiv-Kuban in the second leg of Top 16.

After beating Maccabi in spectacular game CSKA could not approach the next game with the same roster. Victor Khryapa is out with hamstring spasms.

“We have to play this game missing our captain and one of the most important players Victor Khryapa,” CSKA head coach Ettore Messina said. “The game is very important to improve our chances to qualify for the playoffs. We try to go game by game and focus on this one. Lokomotiv gave us a serious fight in the game in Krasnodar so we expect it to be a difficult game. We have to stress our attention to defending pick-n-rolls and good ball movement on offense. We have to be extremely concentrated to win the game.”