CSKA — Astana, 05 May 2017

In the Game 1 of the VTB League quarterfinals our team beat Astana after great first half.

CSKA vs. Astana: 77-54 (+23)

CSKA: De Colo (13 + 5 as + 4 st + 4 pf), D.Kulagin (2 + 3 rb), Augustine (2 + 6 rb + 2 bs), Fridzon (18 + 4 rb), Jackson (10), Antonov (2 + 8 rb), Freeland (2 + 4 rb + 2 bs), Vorontsevich (5), Higgins (11 + 3 rb), Khryapa (4), Kurbanov (8 + 5 rb + 2 bs), Hines (3 st)…

Astana: Odom (1 + 8 rb), Lowery (9 + 4 to), Krubally (15 + 10 rb), Murzagaliev (3 to), Ponomarev (2), Yergali (2), Kaselakis (4 + 6 rb + 3 to), Zhigulin (4), Katsivelis (14 + 6 rb + 5 as + 3 st + 3 to), Miller (3 + 5 to)…

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA hed coach:

Congratulations to my team, we are up 1-0. We played seriously, especially on defense, we were focused to force turnovers. At the same time we shot quite poorly, this is something to work on next game. I would like also to congratulate Nikita with his individual award. He definitely deserves it, he is one of the best defensive players. I am happy for him because he developed into this kind of player on our team and helped us to develop our game.