Three of three, four of four

Pari Nizhniy Novgorod – CSKA PBC: 68-99 (+31)

Pari NN: Hamilton (10 + 8 rb + 3 as), Khomenko (14 + 5 pf), Karpenkov (12 + 3 rb + 4 to), Durisic (9 + 3 to + 5 pf), Baburin (11 + 3 as) – start; Zakharov (DNP), Chadov (6 rb), Shenderov (0), Antipov (4 rb), Shilokhvostov (DNP), Zotkin (12 + 8 as)…

CSKA: Ware (12 + 4 as), Trimble (23 + 7 as + 3 st), Jean-Charles (18 + 5 rb + 2 bs), M'Baye (7), Kurbanov (4 rb) – start; Mikhailovskii (DNP), Jekiri (4 + 7 rb), Avramovic (14 + 4 as), Gankevich (DNP), Ukhov (3 + 2 as + 3 st), Astapkovich (7 + 4 rb), Antonov (11 + 4 rb + 2 as)…

Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:

First of all, I would like to thank the CSKA fans who supported us in the stands. As always, there were many of them in Nizhny Novgorod, and the support was amazing. As for the game, we started it strong and focused. We said before the game that the opponent would react, would try to come up with something, they just needed a chance. And at +23 we provided such a chance, as if we switched off at some point. And Nizhny took advantage of this chance, proving that they are a good team. At the same time, of course, everything depended on us. We switched on again, regained the initiative and created the necessary advantage.