Barcelona — CSKA, 29 November 2019

Barcelona vs. CSKA: 67-96 (+29)

Barcelona: Hanga (10 + 7 rb + 2 as), Smits (4 + 5 rb), Higgins (4 + 3 to), Mirotic (19), Tomic (3 to) – start; Davies (19 + 4 rb + 5 st), Ribas (2 as), Pustovyi (0), Oriola (4), Abrines (0), Delaney (5 + 3 rb + 6 as + 5 to), Kuric (2)…

CSKA: Strelnieks (10 + 3 rb + 5 as), Voigtmann (10 + 5 rb + 3 as), Hackett (9 + 3 rb), Kurbanov (12 + 4 as + 4 st), Hines (12 + 7 rb) – start; Bolomboy (6 + 5 rb + 3 to), James (14 + 4 rb + 6 as + 4 to), Antonov (2), Vorontsevich (8), Koufos (DNP), Hilliard (13 + 3 as), Baker (0)…

I would like to congratulate my team, we played a great game. We had the right mindset from the beginning. We had a lot of tasks to overcome the great quality Barcelona has. This is the EuroLeague – you cannot underestimate or overestimate anybody, you’ve got to be focused. We shared the ball well, got boards, kept our composure in tough moments and the ranking – 116 to 63 – makes us proud of how we contained their creators and efficiency on offense. We won a lot of battles – rebounds, assists, we shot well, almost a perfect game. We involved everybody to share the ball, give something else on defense. We were very good today. We’ve got to continue but the most important thing, and what I said inside, is that we bounced back after two losses so that will give us a boost and get our confidence back.