Khimki — CSKA, 23 March 2018

Khimki Moscow region vs. CSKA: 73-90 (+17)

Khimki: Shved (20 + 8 as + 3 to), Vyaltsev (13), Markovic (7 + 3 rb + 3 as + 3 st + 4 to), Gill (2), Thomas (6 + 4 pf) – start; Robinson (7 + 5 rb + 4 pf), Pateev (DNP), Zaytsev (DNP), Monya (5), Todorovic (6 + 3 to + 4 pf), Jenkins (7 + 2 as)…

CSKA: Rodriguez (12 + 8 as), Vorontsevich (2), Higgins (11 + 3 rb + 5 as + 2 st + 3 to), Kurbanov (3), Hines (1 + 4 rb + 2 as) – start; De Colo (17 + 3 rb + 3 as + 4 to), Rudd (5), Fridzon (2 as), Westermann (14), Antonov (2 + 2 as + 2 st), Clyburn (7 + 4 rb + 3 to), Hunter (16 + 7 rb + 3 as + 2 st)…

I would like to congratulate my team for another win. We approached the game very seriously, like we promised, despite the fact that we clinched the first spot on the previous game. We played very seriously and with all the respect to Khimki as an opponent and to the rest of the teams in the league. I think that we were dominant most of the game. We faced some troubles in the third quarter, and I have to mention the fact that Khimki was missing significant players like Anderson, Honeycutt and Zubkov. Despite that fact, they are very talented and have a lot of offensive players. The fact that we kept them low while we scored our average says a lot. We shared the ball petty good when we did not turn it over. If you see the stats and go by the quarters, we only had 3 turnovers and +12 in the first quarter, +4 in the second quarter with 7 turnovers and -6 in the third with another 7 turnovers. So 14 turnovers in two quarters, and then two in the fourth quarter, with +7. Overall, that was the biggest issue because we outhustled them on the boards. As I said, congratulations to my players, we have another two games left.