Red Army vs Red Wings

The biggest surprise of Russian Superleague so far, Krasnye Krylia Samara flew to Moscow to challenge the leader of the tournament.

CSKA coaches have no choice in completing the roster: Dmitry Sokolov (ankle), Andrey Vorontsevich (knee) and Matjaz Smodis (back) sidelined leave Evgeny Pashutin with only 12 players available.

“Our opponent is a very aggressive team, which uses a lot of pick-n-rolls, - CSKA head coach Evgeny Pashutin said. Krylia’s game is based on a play of leaders Flores, Bremer, Biggs with active help of Trushkin and Voronov. Team from Samara has a well-balanced roster, which shows good basketball, and they deserve the place among Superleague leaders. We will try to play focused, disciplined, show good defense and to please our fans with a victory.”