We are shorthanded, but we fight

Valencia Basket – CSKA: 105-103 (-2)

Valencia Basket: Marinkovic (8), Van Rossom (5 + 5 as + 4 to), Tobey (9 + 7 rb + 4 pf), Kalinic (22 + 5 rb + 3 as + 3 to), Williams (2 as) – start; Prepelic (22 + 7 rb + 6 as + 3 to + 4 pf), Pradilla (DNP), Puerto (0), Labeyrie (8 + 7 rb), Dubljevic (14 + 12 rb + 2 as + 2 st), Hermannsson (17 + 3 rb + 2 as + 2 st), Ferrando (DNP)…

CSKA: Bolomboy (10 + 4 rb + 2 bs + 5 pf), Hilliard (2), Hackett (8 + 6 rb + 4 as), Antonov (2 + 3 rb), Kurbanov (17 + 4 rb + 3 as + 4 pf) – start; Khomenko (0), James (37 + 3 rb + 7 as + 4 st + 6 to), Ukhov (0), Strelnieks (8), Voigtmann (19 + 9 rb + 4 as), Kochergin (DNP)…

I would like to congratulate my team for the passion and the energy we put on the court. Despite the obstacles we were facing, the game was close. Congratulations to Valencia because eventually, they won. It could have gone differently. It would have also been a fair result if we would have won that game. I don’t want to analyze the small details - or big details. Overall, we’re happy because we fought. We wanted to win that game. But sometimes it doesn’t go your way. But we’re determined that we’re getting out of this situation that we’ve been in - as a team, as a unit and we’re going to grow more. We’re on a good way.