Critisize Lorbek!

Lorbek, who improved after being criticized for his poor game yesterday; Smodis, who took the floor after injury; Scariolo, who was sent out; injured Planinic and huge margin reached by CSKA in the third quarter – that’s the key moments of our team’s second win in Russian Championship playoffs final series.

CSKA vs. Khimki Moscow Region : 76-64

Ettore Messina, CSKA Moscow head coach:

“We had a very good start. From the very beginning we were able to attack from under the basket, Lorbek played very aggressive and all the team was focused to get the ball to him inside. Also we played excellent defense for three quarters. Vorontsevich was a big help for us tonight as he was able to score after having zero points in the Game 1. Also he was very good on the rebounds and again played good defense against Garbajosa. The fact that the experienced player like Jorge started throwing elbows at him means that he earned some respect. Keyru missed a couple of shots in his first stint on the court and I think he lost some confidence. And for Sasha Kaun it is very difficult to get back to his rhythm after the injury in the series against UNICS. You remember that he was our starter at the time and I tried to get him as much minutes as it possible today because we need him in Game 3. The thing that worries me most is the injury to Planinic – he went to the hospital directly from the game and it looks like it’s serious…”

Oleg Meleshchenko, BC Khimki coach:

“The game was good to see, it had a lot of emotions. We tried hard but CSKA was stronger. I congratulate CSKA with the win. Without Scariolo we continued to stay within the game plan but it was more difficult. The main factor was our bad one-on-one defense.”