Heroics are not enough sometimes

ASVEL Villeurbanne – CSKA: 70-68 (-2)

ASVEL: Okobo (14 + 4 rb + 3 as), Jones (9 + 5 rb + 3 as), Gist (2 + 4 rb), Osetkowski (0), Lighty (10 + 6 rb + 4 pf) – start; Wembanyama (3 + 3 rb), Kahudi (5 + 4 rb + 2 as), Lacombe (4 + 5 pf), Diot (2 as), Fall (12 + 10 rb), Howard (5 + 7 rb + 2 st), Strazel (6 + 2 as)…

CSKA: Lundberg (8), Bolomboy (8 + 5 rb), Voigtmann (13 + 6 rb), Kurbanov (0), Shved (10 + 4 rb + 5 as) – start; Khomenko (DNP), Ukhov (2), Ivlev (DNP), Hackett (16 + 2 as), Antonov (4), Clyburn (5 + 9 rb), Faried (2)…

The finish of the game could have gone a different way. We came back and played better in the third quarter. It was evident that we changed our mindset and we had a different approach in the game. That’s why we took the lead. The way they won the game, it was a hustle situation - here and there a couple of free throws and a couple of better looks and better decisions defensively: not to let a good scorer like Okobo go to his left hand. That could be a point of emphasis that we have to analyze.