CSKA — Khimki, 13 December 2018

CSKA vs. Khimki Moscow region: 88-74 (+14)

CSKA: De Colo (10 + 3 as), Peters (5 + 3 rb + 2 as), Hackett (14 + 3 rb), Kurbanov (5), Hines (7 + 5 as) – start; Bolomboy (4 + 6 rb + 2 as), Antonov (0), Rodriguez (12 + 5 as + 3 to), Clyburn (10 + 7 rb), Higgins (11 + 2 as + 3 to), Kulagin (6 + 4 pf), Hunter (4)…

Khimki: Bost (5 + 5 rb + 7 as), Green (0), Zubkov (2 + 3 rb + 2 st), Jenkins (7 + 3 rb), Thomas (15 + 5 rb + 2 bs) – start; Crocker (13), Vyaltsev (0), Zaytsev (0), Markovic (18 + 4 pf), Monya (2 as + 2 st + 4 pf), Gubanov (0), Mickey (14 + 5 rb + 2 st + 2 bs)…

First I want to congratulate my team. For sure it’s important to win against our rival in the city, although it as obvious they were missing Shved and Gill, which is a big part of their game. But I think that we played also with some significant players out last season and nobody was feeling pity for us. So we played seriously in the game. Unfortunately in the fourth quarter we did not play according to the level and the potential that we can meet. The fact that we kept a vert talented and first in three-point attempts and shooting to 8 three-pointers at such a low percentage was one of the keys.