Olympiacos Piraeus vs. CSKA: 81-97 (+16)
Olympiacos: Toupane (4), Spanoulis (14 + 7 as + 4 to + 4 pf), Milutinov (5), Papanikolaou (4 + 5 rb + 4 as), LeDay (21 + 9 rb) – start; Weber (6 + 4 rb + 2 as + 4 pf), Williams-Goss (2 + 2 as), Timma (3), Vezenkov (5), Printezis (12 + 5 rb), Mantzaris (3), Bogris (2 + 3 rb)…
CSKA: Rodriguez (15 + 12 as), Vorontsevich (3 + 5 pf), Higgins (18 + 3 rb), Kurbanov (2 + 3 rb), Hunter (10 + 8 rb + 3 bs) – start; De Colo (16 + 4 as), Bolomboy (4), Peters (0), Antonov (0), Clyburn (14 + 8 rb), Hackett (3 as + 2 st + 5 pf), Hines (15 + 5 rb + 4 bs + 4 pf)…
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
I would like to congratulate my team for the win, but also the performance. I think it was obvious that we were a better team. We were dominant, especially in the second half when we changed a lot our approach and mindset on the defensive end. The fact that we kept Olympiacos low in the last two quarters, and the productivity was really different than in the first half when we allowed 50 points, it was a boost, the right trigger for us in order to turn around the game. Of course, the game is not only defense, you have to stay present on the offensive end. If you see the stats, we had only 4 turnovers, but of those 4 turnovers, 2 were three-second violations, one was an offensive charge and one was a back-court violation. Being over here and playing one of the physical teams that can switch a lot and force you on the bad hand, having only 4 turnovers proves the character we showed. We were unselfish, we were moving the ball. Sometimes we hit shots at the last second, but those were the best possible shots. We were trying to find the best possible solutions, and that is great. We won on the road against another great club and great opponent.
