At the post-game press conference, CSKA head coach Dusan Ivkovic announced that he was happy with his team’s performance. “We played well in transition, worked hard on defense, and seven players scored in double figures,” said Ivkovic. “All in all, our team play helped us more in this
game than I did in the Olympiakos game three days ago. I don’t think that this game was a cakewalk for CSKA. Believe me, to hold a team that averages 91 points a game to only 64 is not an easy job. I can only congratulate our
players.”
-What can you say about the debut of CSKA center Aleksey Savrasenko?
-“I’m happy with how Aleksey played. We really needed a player like him, and I’m happy that his transfer from Olympiakos went smoothly. Don’t forget that Victor Alexander is already 33 years old, and it’s hard for him to spend 40 minutes on the court. It’s too bad that Savrasenko can only play in the Superleague games. But we only have four more games in the first round of the Euroleague.”
Khimki head coach Sergey Elevich said that CSKA defended better and was more mobile in the game. “It’s completely understandable. Ivkovic kept his team in shape over the break,” he noted. “Khimki made too many mistakes on
defense. Plus, four of our players started practicing with the group after injuries only a week ago: Aleksey Vadeev, Oleg Rezviy, Vladimir Demin and Mikhail Solovev.”
Naturally, Elevich couldn’t escape questions about his role as the coach of the national team. Over the course of the discussion, it was noted that yesterday the head of the Russian team spoke for a long tome to CSKA forward
Sergey Panov. In the end the Army forward agreed with Elevich that he won’t play in the two upcoming national team games, but will return to the team in
the summer.
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