CSKA won the first game of the Russian Cup quarterfinals – 101-70. The first quarter came hard to the club that was trying to get in shape after the Christmas break – 22-21. But then the Army club put themselves together and by the halftime break there were no question on the winner – 58-35.
CSKA - Lokomotiv Rostov: 101-70
Quick facts about the game:
• CSKA won 12th game in a row vs. Lokomotiv
• 36 – the highest number of points scored by CSKA in one quarter in all the official games
• +22 – the biggest gap reached by CSKA in one quarter in all the official games
• Matjaz Smodis scored 21 points tonight. It is his high this season in all the official games
• Alexey Savrasenko collected 10 rebounds tonight. It is his high this season in all the official games
• With 0.39 t go in the last quarter there was a quarrel between David Andersen and Dmitry Sokolov. The final decision of the referees: aggressive behavior for Andersen (means the fine), and the act of violence for Sokolov (disqualification for up to 5 games and the fine). It is the second act of ‘aggressive behavior’ for a CSKA player this year. The first one was Nikita Shabalkin in a game against Lokomotiv from Novosibirsk.
Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach
- I am satisfied with the game we played because it was not easy to start up after the rest. Honestly I was concerned that the players would not be in a right shape. We were surely helped by some injuries of the players of Rostov. But our players played seriously they showed a better shape than I expected. And that was also a good opportunity to give time to Vasily Zavoruev who really deserved it after the last two weeks of practices.
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