Perfect half

PBC CSKA – Avtodor BC Saratov: 96-66 (+30)

CSKA: Ware (14 + 3 rb + 5 as), Ukhov (3 + 3 as + 2 st), Astapkovich (8 + 3 rb), Jean-Charles (11 + 2 as), M'Baye (19 + 4 rb + 2 as + 3 bs) – start; Mikhailovskii (2 + 2 as + 5 pf), Jekiri (11 + 5 rb + 5 st + 4 pf), Trimble (16 + 6 as), Antonov (4 + 4 st + 2 bs), Zaytsev (2), Kardanakhishvili (4), Klyuev (2)…

Avtodor: Thornwell (15 + 4 rb + 2 as), Beslac (14 + 5 rb), Petenev (5 pf), Hammonds (4 + 2 as + 5 pf), Mavra (8 + 4 rb + 6 as) – start; Pranauskis (5 + 3 as + 5 to + 4 pf), Naumov (2), Popov (0), Khaldeyev (6 + 6 rb + 3 to), Fyodorov (3 rb), Garrett (12 + 3 rb + 3 to)…

Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:

This game can be clearly divided into two halves. In the first, we were not focused enough on defense and allowed Avtodor to stay in the game. In the second we raised the level of aggressiveness and won by a big margin. It is important that almost everyone got an equal chance to prove themselves, we gave everyone opportunities, and our young players scored points.