We don’t allow comebacks

30.05.2014
CSKA (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Our team gained advantage in the very beginning of no-so-spectacular Game 2 of the VTB League semifinals and did not allow UNICS to break the game down in the end.

UNICS (Kazan) vs. CSKA: 61-65 (+4)


UNICS: Bykov (5 + 4 rb), Zisis (8 + 4 rb + 7 as + 5 to), Veremeyenko (9 + 6 rb + 4 pf), Vougioukas (2 + 4 rb), Sokolov (2 + 3 rb), Kaimakoglou (9 + 4 rb), Goudelock (19 + 3 rb), Eidson (2 + 6 rb + 4 pf), Kurbanov (5 + 7 rb)…

CSKA: Teodosic (17 + 4 rb + 6 as), Fridzon (5), Pargo (2), Krstic (4 + 2 bs), Weems (22 + 4 rb + 2 bs + 3 to), Kaun (10 + 5 rb + 4 pf), Khryapa (3 + 11 rb + 4 to), Hines (2 + 2 bs)…



Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach:
It was obviously difficult game. Many players were tired after yesterday’s battle. Still our team played very good game and I am proud of our performance. It is tough when you play on the road and you have minimum advantage of 4, 5, 6, 8 points. We weren’t nervous, continued to play good defense and in the end the shots started to fall in. We know the series is not over and we have to prepare for the next game.

Photos
Sonny Weems (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Milos Teodosic (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Nenad Krstic (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Vitaly Fridzon (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Alexander  Kaun (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
CSKA (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Jeremy Pargo (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Milos Teodosic (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
CSKA fans (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Kyle Hines (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Victor Khryapa (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Jeremy Pargo (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Ettore Messina (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Andrey Vorontsevich (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Vitaly Fridzon (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Sonny Weems (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Victor Khryapa (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Alexander  Kaun (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)