Alba Berlin vs. CSKA: 66-82 (+16)
Alba: Siva (7 + 11 as), Giffey (11 + 3 rb + 2 as + 3 st), Giedraitis (10 + 6 rb + 3 as + 3 st + 4 to), Nnoko (8 + 7 rb), Sikma (11 + 5 rb + 2 as + 4 pf) – start; Mason (0), Eriksson (0), Mattisseck (2 + 3 to + 5 pf), Schneider (11), Ogbe (2), Thiemann (1), Cavanaugh (3 + 5 pf)…
CSKA: James (22 + 3 rb + 5 as + 2 st + 4 to), Voigtmann (7 + 8 rb), Hilliard (21 + 2 as + 2 st), Kurbanov (8 rb + 3 as), Hines (7 + 4 pf) – start; Bolomboy (12 + 4 rb), Antonov (0), Strelnieks (7 + 4 as + 2 st), Vorontsevich (2 + 4 pf), Clyburn (2 + 3 rb), Hackett (2 + 4 rb + 3 as), Baker (4 to)…
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
I think it’s obvious that we played with great character. We were concentrated. I have to congratulate my players for the level of concentration and aggressiveness that they had, the level of communication, which was eventually better in the second half. In the first half we were not communicating. I think the fact that we were turning the ball over that much is too much. Of course ALBA was putting pressure on us, but that’s not all. We were sloppy in the beginning. We turned the ball over too much. Overall though, we were the first team to keep ALBA that low in scoring so I think we did a good job on keeping them to 66 points.
