Our team departs to Milan today by Transaero flight looking for the first away win in this year's Euroleague. Just another preparation period was marked by roster changes.
The main news: Ramunas Siskauskas joined the team after rehabilitation of his lumbar spine injured in the game against Panathinaikos. Medical examination on Monday gave positive results, and forward was cleared for practice with the team on Tuesday. He is probable for the game. Unfortunately, the similar problems made Alexey Shved to continue his therapy in Moscow.
"The game has unbelievable importance for both teams – in fact it means if the team will qualify for the Top 16 or not, - CSKA head coach Dusko Vujosevic said. AJ does not have true big men so on defense they use a lot of double teams and they pressure the ball aggressively. As the result they force a lot of mistakes by the opponents – for example, Panathinaikos had 21 turnovers last week. And they build their offense off the turnovers, trying to run fast breaks and to spread the defense by having four shooters on the perimeter simultaneously. Our task is to make them play our style of game and to show the enthusiasm necessary for success."
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