Today in Verona our team played the first exhibition game against Armani Jeans Milano, it's future opponent in Euroleague's Group D. CSKA won the game 81-63...
Armani Jeans - CSKA: 63-81 (13-26, 16-16, 13-20, 21-19)
Armani Jeans: Hawkins (21), Thomas (17).
CSKA: Zisis (11), Keyru (7 + 1 rebound), Siskauskas (2), Holden (5 + 3 rebounds + 5 assists), Lorbek (13 + 7 rebounds + 2 assists + 1 steal + 1 blocked shot), Savrasenko (3 + 2 rebounds), Vorontsevich (12 + 5 rebounds + 2 blocked shots), Langdon (7 + 2 rebounds + 1 assists + 2 steals), Shved (3 + 3 rebounds + 1 assist), Kaun (2 + 2 rebounds), Planinic (7 + 3 rebounds + 1 assist), Morris (9 + 3 rebounds).
Coaches left Matjaz Smodis and Viktor Khryapa on the bench to give them some rest and did not use youth team player Maxim Zakharov.
Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach:
- I decided not to risk leaving Khryapa and Smodis on the bench. Also during the game I stopped using Siskauskas who had some pain in his Achilles ligament. But our opponents also did not use four players. It was a typical preparation game. After the first quarter there were no doubts about the result and could play everyone.
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