The first pancake is always lumpy

“We could not control the tempo of the game, especially in the third quarter. We talked a lot about the importance to stop Lottomatica fast breaks but we weren’t able to execute it. Then we changed our defense, began to play more confident, but that was not enough. Langdon is a big loss for us, Vorontsevich and Kaun aren’t ready to play at full strength, and you remember how important Vorontsevich was in the first games of the season.”

“It was a very tough game against great team, and we played strong. It is very difficult to win here, win is a rare thing for Moscow visitors. I hope this victory will push us to more successes in Euroleague. We knew how important is Langdon for our opponents: CSKA with and without him are two different teams. But you should not forget that we also miss two players, maybe not of the same level but still very important for us. CSKA is a renewed team, and I am sure it will improve game by game.”