Good Sunday

CSKA – Astana Nur-Sultan: 84-65 (+19)

CSKA: Hackett (3 + 6 as), Antonov (11 + 3 rb), Milutinov (14 + 9 rb), Kurbanov (0), Shved (13 + 3 rb + 6 as + 3 to) – start; Bolomboy (5 rb), Khomenko (4 + 2 as + 2 st), Ukhov (13 + 4 rb + 4 as), Ivlev (0), Voigtmann (5 + 5 rb), Lopatin (0), Grigonis (21 + 5 as)…

Astana: Spencer (4 + 5 rb + 2 bs + 4 pf), Hickey (26 + 6 rb + 7 as + 2 st + 6 to + 4 pf), Tikhonenko (6 + 2 as), Marchuk (7 + 4 rb), Campbell (11 + 6 rb) – start; Bazhin (0), Shcherbak (DNP), Murzagaliev (DNP), Pan (DNP), Gavrilov (0), Aitkali (DNP), Balashov (11 + 2 as)…

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

Congratulations to the team, we played mainly serious game. Obviously, that Astana’s mail power is its point guard [Hickey] who had another great performance, he played 40 minutes today, had 7 assists and almost 30 points, we did not find proper answer for him. But it gave us a chance to practice our defense, rotations, playing against isolation, where we switch, where we hedge. Evidently that we miss players due to injuries, due to rehabilitations that they go through. That serves a bit to our chemistry, we are here to work and face the reality.