AEK — CSKA, 14 September 2016

AEK Athens vs. CSKA: 84-90 (+6)

AEK: Ukic (10 + 11 as), Sakota (20 + 4 rb), Vasiliadis (6 + 3 to), Larentzakis (6 + 4 as + 4 st + 4 pf), Owens (5 + 5 rb), Atic (12 + 6 rb), Moraitis (3), Mavroeidis (12 + 4 rb + 2 bs), Williams (10 + 3 rb)…

CSKA: De Colo (14 + 3 rb + 4 as + 4 to), Teodosic (18 + 6 as + 4 to), Augustine (14 + 9 rb + 4 pf), Fridzon (5), Jackson (5 + 5 as), Lazarev (7 + 4 rb), Higgins (9), Khryapa (8 + 6 rb + 4 as + 4 st), Kurbanov (8 + 4 pf), Vostrikov (2)…

We thank AEK for accepting the friendly game against us and helping us to continue with our preseason schedule. We had a bad start, we gave up 27 points in the first quarter. It was really embarrassing, I don’t remember when we had such a performance. We realized that we have to play better defense to win the game. We had a lot of turnovers, we are not on the level that we want to be, especially when we play some back-to-back games. Regardless, we had good second half, we had some good moments though it was not enough to play on the level that we want to. It doesn’t help the picture that we miss seven players who are important, it is a fact, not an excuse. Especially on the center position. We have to talk to Ivan and he has to realize that he has to help us more. He needs to grow up in practices and games and not to repeat the same mistakes.