The second fifth game

25.05.2014
(photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Next Monday will be the most important day of the season for our team. VTB League quarterfinals against Lokomotiv-Kuban came to its culmination – deciding fifth game which starts at 7 pm. We need everyone!..

In both big tournaments with CSKA participation the fight for the place in top 4 happened to be extremely tight. The memories about the clash against Panathinaikos, which finished with the statement win in Moscow with great support from the fans, are still alive. Now the time has come for another battle for survival.

Aaron Jackson (right knee) and Vladimir Micov (virus) will miss the game again. Junior team guard Valery Ershkov participated in the pre-game practice.

“This is Game 5 and it will be decided, as usually, by cohesion, toughness, defense, rebounding and shot selection,” CSKA head coach Ettore Messina said. “We all know that and we will be ready for a hard game.”