Real Madrid vs. CSKA: 97-81 (-16)
Real Madrid: Causeur (9), Randolph (12 + 3 rb), Campazzo (18 + 4 rb + 6 as + 4 pf), Deck (17 + 11 rb + 6 as), Tavares (1 + 4 rb + 2 st + 3 bs + 4 pf) – start; Fernandez (13), Laprovittola (DNP), Garuba (0), Carrol (4), Llull (15 + 3 rb), Mickey (5 + 3 rb + 2 bs + 4 to + 4 pf), Thompkins (3)…
CSKA: Bolomboy (12 + 6 rb), James (14 + 3 rb + 5 as), Hackett (2 + 3 st + 5 pf), Kurbanov (2 + 4 rb + 2 st), Hines (8 + 5 rb) – start; Antonov (DNP), Strelnieks (11 + 4 as + 4 pf), Voigtmann (20 + 5 rb), Vorontsevich (0), Koufos (4 + 3 rb), Hilliard (8 + 3 rb + 2 as + 3 to + 4 pf), Baker (2 as)…
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
I would like to congratulate Madrid for this win. We had a different mentality and a different mindset in the game today, compared to the last one we played against Baskonia. Unfortunately, that was not enough against such a good team that played together in the last years. They haven’t changed much in their roster. Their two additions – actually, one of them didn’t even check in the game and the other played 20 minutes. I want to say that they had their runs and this cost us a lot. Their 9-0 run in both the first and the third quarters, which is 18-0, cost us a lot down the stretch. We were chasing them and had a very good parts in the game, definitely, that second quarter in which we took the lead. They made some tough shots, like we also made some tough shots, but overall, the game could have had a different end regarding the margin. I am not talking about the outcome but the margin was 6 points with 3 minutes left. We were chasing the game again. I am saying that these two runs cost us a lot. If you see the stats, you will figure out that they shot 60% from twos and we shot 34%. It gives you a quite clear picture of the percentages and the kind of shots we took. For this trip in Spain so far, we have a lot of things to work on regarding the runs that our opponents had, because Baskonia also had a 9-0 run and a 13-0 run, and the turnovers. These are definitely the two things we have to talk about.
