Defensive identity in action
Parma Perm region – CSKA: 60-82 (+22)
Parma: Juskevicius (8 + 3 as + 3 to), Zukauskas (8 + 5 rb), Parakhovskiy (9 + 9 rb + 3 st + 3 to), Ponitka (5 + 2 as), Zhmako (3 + 4 rb + 2 bs + 5 pf) – start; Mejeris (10 + 3 rb), Hill (2 + 3 to), Voronov (DNP), Sheyko (3 + 3 as), Platunov (8 + 3 rb), Zabelin (4 + 3 rb + 4 as + 3 to), Bulanov (DNP)…
CSKA: Lundberg (16 + 3 as + 2 st + 3 to), Bolomboy (10 + 6 rb), Voigtmann (7 + 5 rb + 3 as), Kurbanov (8 + 4 rb + 3 as), Shved (5 + 2 as) – start; Ukhov (5 + 3 as + 4 st), Ivlev (0), Hackett (14 + 3 st + 5 pf), Antonov (4), Clyburn (10 + 5 rb), Lopatin (3), Faried (3 rb)…
Dimitris Itoudis, head coach of CSKA:
Congratulations to the team on the victory. Today we played seriously throughout almost the entire game, with the exception of one part of the second quarter, when our offense was not so fluent. However, this can be explained by our attempt to integrate Kenneth Faried into the game, who had just one full practice with the team. That being said, I am very pleased with the defense. We allowed Parma to score only 60 points, although in previous games the opponents proved that they can score, they have a lot of good shooter in their roster.
