CSKA vs. Darussafaka Istanbul: 79-75 (+4)
CSKA: De Colo (10 + 3 as), Antonov (0), Hackett (4), Kurbanov (13 + 8 rb), Hunter (6 + 8 rb + 2 as + 4 pf) – start; Peters (9 + 4 rb + 2 as), Ukhov (0), Rodriguez (11 + 3 as), Vorontsevich (0), Clyburn (4), Higgins (14 + 3 rb + 2 bs + 4 pf), Hines (8 + 6 rb + 4 pf)…
Darussafaka: McCallum (14 + 7 rb + 2 as + 3 to + 5 pf), Kidd (15 + 3 rb + 2 as), Savas (0), Peiners (9), Evans (4 + 8 rb + 2 bs) – start; Ozmizrak (0), Baygul (2), Demir (0), Ozdemiroglu (DNP), Brown (9), Diebler (7), Eric (15 + 11 rb + 2 bs + 4 pf)…
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
Congratulations to the team with the victory, which is very important in the marathon, long-long process. In the first half we made just 13 per cent of three-pointers and 40 per cent of two-pointers, though we have many great shooters and most of the shots were well-prepared. It is important that we also supported those shots, we had 11 offensive rebounds in the first half, that led to 12 points. In the halftime I told the team that I believe in our shooters, in our defense. In the third quarter the result was great, we won 26-10, we got the boost. We started making shots off open looks, Alec found his rhythm. It was a good game to see where we are now. We still need to work together.We will play better and smarter.
