Impenetrable

CSKA PBC – MBA-MAI Moscow: 90-62 (+28)

CSKA: Jekiri (18 + 2 as), Avramovic (15 + 4 rb + 5 as), Ukhov (8 + 4 rb + 4 pf), M'Baye (16 + 3 rb + 3 st + 2 bs), Kurbanov (6 + 5 rb) – start; Ware (8 + 3 rb + 3 as), Gankevich (5 + 3 rb + 2 as + 3 to + 5 pf), Trimble (0), Astapkovich (10 + 8 rb + 3 as + 2 st + 3 to + 4 pf), Karpenko (2 + 3 as + 2 st + 4 pf), Antonov (2 + 4 pf), Jean-Charles (DNP)…

MBA-MAI: Barashkov (13 + 6 rb + 3 st + 2 bs), Trushkin (2 + 7 rb + 3 to), Voronov (17), Zubkov (13 + 10 rb + 4 pf), Konovalov (3 + 7 as + 3 to) – start; Kasatkin (4), Minchenko (3 + 5 rb), Belousov (2), Lichutin (3 + 2 as), Sorokin (0), Savchenko (DNP), Pevnev (2 + 3 rb)…

Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:

As always, I would like to thank the fans who invested their time in supporting our team. As for the game, we played seriously from the start, respected our opponent. They were close in the first quarter, but it was only a matter of time before we would gain a bigger lead. We defended well, did not allow the visitors to score 20 points in any quarter, and our offense functioned well. We only missed a few open shots. We fouled a lot in this game, but I prefer too many fouls than too few, because we always try to play tough, and I am satisfied with the level of toughness today. Yes, we lost on the rebound, but our opponent missed 52 shots, and with such a number of possible rebounds, losing 30% on our backboard is acceptable. I am rather disappointed that we did not collect much after our own misses.