Astana — CSKA, 16 February 2015

Our team did not shine bright in Astana but still controlled the game and convincingly won by stopping the hosts in the last quarter.

Astana vs. CSKA: 60-78 (+18)

Astana: Johnson (4 + 6 as + 5 to), Mahalbasic (11 + 7 rb + 2 bs + 4 to), Ilin (8 + 5 pf), Lapchenko (2), Caner-Medley (7 + 5 rb), Brown (8 + 4 as + 3 to + 5 pf), Andric (5 + 4 rb + 2 bs), Calathes (15 + 8 rb)…

CSKA: De Colo (9 + 3 rb + 4 as), Teodosic (5 + 6 rb + 4 as), Fridzon (10 + 7 rb), Nichols (4 rb), Markoishvili (8 + 3 st + 4 pf), Korobkov (9 + 4 rb), Weems (11 + 5 as), Vorontsevich (7), Kaun (12 + 6 rb + 4 bs), Hines (7 + 3 rb)…

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

I’ve just congratulated the team in the locker room. We played not brilliant but good enough to win. Obviously we are preparing for something bigger. We started well and played great defense in the last quarter. I wish good luck to Astana and its new head coach.