Valencia Basket vs. CSKA: 103-99 (-4)
Valencia Basket: Thomas (14 + 4 rb + 4 pf), Abalde (17 + 4 rb + 6 as + 4 to), Dubljevic (18), Martinez (13 + 4 rb + 3 st), San Emeterio (5 + 3 rb + 5 pf), Pleiss (11 + 2 bs), Sastre (5 + 4 pf), Green (19), Doornekamp (1 + 3 rb)…
CSKA: De Colo (30 + 3 rb), Fridzon (8), Antonov (4 pf), Rodriguez (4 + 3 rb + 4 to), Vorontsevich (7 + 7 rb), Clyburn (27), Higgins (16 + 3 st + 4 pf), Kurbanov (7 + 3 rb + 4 pf)…
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
With all due respect to Valencia, great team, great organization, I have to say that we all deserve equal and better level of officiating. My first technical foul was somehow justified, but the second one I got for applouding my team, trying to inspire my players to play better defense. I was even in the defensive stand. We talked to the President and Vice President, we will analyze video and we will file official complaint to EuroLeague regarding the refereeing. As for the game I have to congratulate Valencia. We were not good enough in the first half and played much better in the second, we fought hard, came back into the game and its outcome could be different.
