CSKA — Spartak Primorje, 25 February 2006

CSKA prevailed over Spartak-Primorje. Despite our opponents had a good shooting percentage – 45, they managed to chalk up only in the very beginning of the game. CSKA was leading 16 points by the big break. And it’s advantage only increased by the end of the game – 106-80.

CSKA vs Spartak Primorje: 106-80

Quick facts about the game:

• CSKA made 28 assists. It is a team high for CSKA this season in all the official games

• Matjaz Smodis collected 13 rebounds. It’s a single player high this season in all the official games

• Vasiliy Zavoruev scored 17 points. It’s his high this season in all the official games

• Matjaz Smodis made his first double-double (11 points+13 rebounds) in his CSKA career.

• David Vanterpool made 8 assists. It’s his high this season in all the official games

• Zakhar Pashutin made 5 assists. It’s a repeat of his high this season in all the official games

• Zakhar Pashutin made 4 steals. It’s his high this season in all the official games

Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach
- After the first half we managed to get some advantage. So we got an opportunity to give some time to relax to the players who spent much time against Lietuvos Rytas. I mean Langdon mainly. Also I could give playing time to our youngsters who made some good moves and showed nice team-play. I’m pleased with Tomas Van Den Spiegel who showed that he increased in understanding his partners. His adaptation to the team is going well. I decided not to use Sergey Panov tonight. But, surely, his experience will be needed in the next games.