CSKA vs. Lokomotiv Kuban: 82-75 (+7)
Jonas Kazlauskas, CSKA head coach:
Though the game was not that spectacular, I am happy to win. It is difficult to play back-to-back games, especially for veteran players, especially mentally after Siskauskas injury. Thus I am twice as happy because our bench players provided good help. They showed that we are a team. I think you should not expect spectacular games in play-offs. Look at the game in Kazan – one of the teams scored just two points in a quarter. It’s a fight. We lost the rebounding battle by 10 – that’s too much. We will analyze, try to resolve the problems. I think we defended pretty well against opponents’ set offense, but we allowed a number of easy shots after offensive rebounds and turnovers. The opponents scored 24 points after similar situations in Game 1. I think we allowed even more tonight.
