Minsk-2006 vs. CSKA: 62-75
Dmitry Shakulin, CSKA interim coach:
I'd like to note this beautiful arena and the city where I was absent for many years. From my childhood Minsk brings only positive emotions to me, nice people are living here, and I would be glad to get back here. As for the game we used different model in comparison to one we use in the Euroleague. The opponents do not have dominating centers, that's why we decided to use small lineup. I am glad that Vorontsevich, Kurbanov, Zabelin who played on 'bigs' spots showed good level. The team executed our directions well which tells about its level and basketball intelligence. We used a number of defensive schemes against pick-n-roll. I am glad that in the end we used our experience to win calmly.