Today at 15:00 CET the bus with CSKA aboard left for the airport to take a flight to Vilnius. There are 12 players on the roster. They are forwards David Vanterpool, Sergey Panov, Nikita Kurbanov, Matjaz Smodis, Vladimir Dyachok, centers Alexey Savrasenko, Tomas Van Den Spiegel, guards J.R. Holden, Theodoros Papaloukas, Zakhar Pashutin, Vasily Zavoruev, Trajan Langdon. Center Tomas Van Den Spiegel would make his debut in the Euroleague in CSKA line up in the game.
The objectives for CSKA according to the words of the head coach Ettore Messina is to stop the fast breaks of Lietuvos Rytas and to play the game at the tempo CSKA likes.
CSKA would spend in Vilnius a bit more than 24 hours. The game is scheduled to start at 18:45 (local time) and right after the match the team would go to the airport and is scheduled to land in Moscow at 0:35 (Moscow time).
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