Historical misconception

Anadolu Efes Istanbul – CSKA: 100-70 (-30)

Anadolu Efes: Beaubois (11 + 2 as), Sanli (14 + 3 rb + 3 as + 2 st + 2 bs), Moerman (8 + 7 rb), Micic (21 + 6 rb + 8 as + 3 st + 3 to + 4 pf), Simon (11 + 4 rb + 4 as) – start; Larkin (11 + 2 as + 4 to), Singleton (12 + 2 st), Balbay (0), Tuncer (DNP), Pleiss (DNP), Anderson (3 + 4 rb + 2 as), Dunston (9)…

CSKA: Bolomboy (8 + 3 rb), James (5 + 8 as), Hilliard (7 + 3 rb), Shengelia (14 + 5 rb + 3 as + 2 st + 5 to), Kurbanov (3 + 3 rb) – start; Lundberg (7 + 2 st + 3 to), Hackett (7 + 2 as + 5 pf), Antonov (0), Strelnieks (5), Voigtmann (10 + 3 rb + 3 as), Clyburn (4 + 6 rb + 4 pf), Eric (0)…

Congratulations to Efes. They were the much better team, they deserved to win. We competed a little in the second half. Obviously, it was not enough. It was obvious that they wanted to get back at us and revenge the 35-point loss from Moscow. At least we were able to not give up that margin - if that is something. As a leader, I am taking all of the responsibility for this game. We will only get better from it. To see it more calmly, from three road games we were able to get two wins. It’s not the way to lose, definitely. It’s actually the biggest margin of loss since I have taken over the great club of CSKA. But like I said, this will motivate us even more and will give us an extra reason why we have to become better each and every day.