CSKA won the second game of the Russian Cup quarterfinals against Lokomotiv. In the halfinals of the tournament the Army club would meet the winner of UNIKS-Dynamo St.Petersburg series.
Lokomotiv Rostov – CSKA: 69-83
Quick facts about the game:
• CSKA won 13th game in a row vs. Lokomotiv
• CSKA had the highest 3-Pt shooting percentage - 55(10-18) - in all the official games this season
• CSKA made 3 steals. It is a team low for CSKA this season in all the official games
• CSKA made 21 turnovers. It is a team low for CSKA this season in all the official games
• CSKA didn’t make a single block-shot. It is a team low for CSKA this season in all the official games
• Zakhar Pashutin scored 16 points tonight. It is his high this season in all the official games
• David Andersen made 4 turnovers tonight. It is his low this season in all the official games
Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach:
- We did not start the game well. We let Lokomotiv to have too many open shots. But in the end of the 1st quarter we set our defense, took the lead and were ahead for all the playing time left. I rotate all the players on the court. Most everyone received about 20 minutes of the playing time. And we get some good actions from Zakhar Pashutin and Vasily Zavoruev.
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