CSKA vs. VEF Riga: 92-66 (+26)
CSKA: Bolomboy (14 + 6 rb), Peters (6 + 3 rb + 2 as), Hackett (11 + 5 rb + 3 st + 3 to), Kulagin (14 + 5 as), Kurbanov (10 + 2 st) – start; Ukhov (9), Antonov (3 + 3 rb), Rodriguez (11 + 5 as + 3 st + 5 to), Vorontsevich (4 + 2 as + 2 st), Clyburn (3 as), Lopatin (2), Hunter (8 + 2 st)…
VEF Riga: Zack (6 + 4 rb + 2 st + 4 to + 5 pf), Jaxen (3 to), Ausejs (16), Mejeris (7 + 9 rb + 6 as), Durham (2 + 2 as + 5 to) – start; Andrews (3 + 4 as + 3 to), Stumbris (3), Janicenoks (11 + 4 as + 2 st), Misters (13 + 3 rb + 2 st), Grazulis (5 + 5 rb)…
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates this days, today it is Christmas Eve in Russia and many other countries. As for the game, we started very serious today, we set the tone with our defense. We had some problems with offensive rebounds and turnovers, we are working on it. Overall we did what we had to do. We kept the EuroLeague double week in mind, rest some players, shared the playing time. I would like to say thank you to the fans, we had almost 3,000 for the game today, they really helped us. Misha Kulagin banged knees with the opponent. We think there is nothing serious, Misha told me that he is ok after the game so we hope to have him for the practice tomorrow.
