Astana — CSKA, 08 October 2016

Astana vs. CSKA: 76-92 (+16)

Astana: Odom (10 + 3 rb), Lowery (9 + 4 as + 4 to + 5 pf), Krubally (19 + 12 rb + 3 to), Murzagaliev (5), Ponomarev (4 + 3 rb + 4 pf), Kaselakis (6), Gavrilov (2), Marchuk (13 + 3 rb), Miller (8 + 3 rb + 7 as + 3 st + 4 to + 4 pf)…

CSKA: De Colo (18 + 8 as + 3 st), Kulagin (10 + 3 rb), Augustine (12 + 5 rb), Fridzon (6 + 3 rb), Jackson (9 + 3 rb + 4 as), Antonov (2), Vorontsevich (3 + 3 rb), Khryapa (4 + 4 as + 3 st), Kurbanov (26 + 4 rb), Hines (2 + 3 rb)…

Congratulations to my team on the win. You need to remember that we have been on the road for many-many days. We just returned from China, flew to Krasnoyarsk, then to Astana. Plus, we were playing without four important players, including a pair of guards. Naturally, as a result, there were some good and bad moments. But both of our opening games in the VTB League have been helpful. We’ve seen a lot and now we’ll prepare for the start of the Euroleague. As I noted before the game, Astana has put together a completely new, good, young team. I want to congratulate the coaches, club management, Valery Tikhonenko. It’s good that there is a team like this in the VTB League.