CSKA played its first exhibition game of the preseason in Slovenian town of Kranjska Gora today. Our team defeated CEZ Nymburk from Czech Republic which will plkay in the Euroleague qualifying round.
CSKA missed newcomer Jamont Gordon (minor wrist injury) and young Alexander Gudumak.
Nymburk vs. CSKA: 74-77 (25-25, 20-19, 16-17, 13-16)
Nymburk : Efejuku (23 pts + 5 reb), Simmons (17 pts), Sokolovsky (13 pts + 2 st)…
CSKA :
* Langdon (16 pts + 2 to + 4 pf),
* Siskauskas (12 pts+ 1 reb + 1 st + 1 to + 3 pf),
* Smodis (10 pts + 5 reb + 3 as + 5 to + 2 pf),
Zabelin (9 pts+ 3 reb + 1 as + 2 to + 2 pf),
* Marjanovic (9 pts + 13 reb + 1 to + 3 bs + 1 pf),
* Holden (8 pts+ 3 reb + 4 as + 1 st + 3 to + 2 pf),
Shved (7 pts + 2 as + 1 st + 1 to + 3 pf),
Sokolov (4 pts + 3 reb + 1 to + 3 pf),
Kurbanov (2 pts + 1 reb + 2 as + 1 st + 1 to + 1 pf),
Polokhin (1 pf), Barinov, Tikhonin.
*) The CSKA Starting Five
"The result of the friendly game is not so important but we still always want to win, - CSKA head coach Dusko Vujosevic said. Our team played with heavy legs after difficult practicing period, without injured Gordon, Russian National Team players and against the team which played its fourth game of the preseson. Nymburk is a good team with a number of players who play together for a years and which are in a good shape already. For us it was a good chance not only to practice but to check all the players. We are glad to see that the team showed great desire and potential. We hope that we will be very dangerous with all the players in the roster."
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