Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar vs. CSKA: 73-84
Evgeny Pashutin, CSKA head coach:
“I am grateful to my players for the character they showed. We won the game first of all because of aggressive defense. In fact we did not allow Lokomotiv to feel the rhythm, to get big advantage. Krasnodar team improved a lot recently and it became very serious opponent. The game was open until the last quarter, when we were better because of rotation, freshness and aggressiveness. I’d like to single out Kaun, Khryapa and Holden who played just great both on defense and offense. Siskauskas played less than usually because he has minor finger injury and we tried to let him rest.”