We're wasting our nerves, but not victories

Pari Nizhniy Novgorod – CSKA: 62-78 (+16)

Pari NN: Lukacs (9 + 6 rb + 2 as + 2 bs + 4 pf), Khomenko (2 + 6 as + 4 st), Karpenkov (16 + 4 rb), Popov (22 + 3 st + 4 to), Baburin (9 + 4 as + 4 st + 4 to) – start; Burinskiy (DNP), Yakushin (2), Shenderov (2 + 4 as), Klyuchenkov (4 rb + 3 to), Khyakli (0), Zotkin (0), Samoylenko (0)…

CSKA: Trimble (22 + 6 rb + 5 as + 5 st + 4 to), Ukhov (17 + 3 rb + 2 st + 4 pf), Antonov (0), Jean-Charles (12 + 3 rb + 2 as), Kurbanov (5 + 4 rb + 3 to) – start; Cleveland (9 + 3 rb + 2 st + 3 to + 4 pf), Ware (3), Ruzhentsev (6 rb), Gankevich (0), Astapkovich (5 + 3 rb + 2 as + 3 to), Karpenko (0), Mitrovic (5 + 4 rb + 2 as)…

Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA head coach:

First of all, let me thank the CSKA fans who came to support us. As always, we get the best support in Nizhny Novgorod, out of the ones on the road. Regarding the game, neither my players nor I could be happier with the quality of our performance. Pari NN deserves full credit; they did everything they could, given the circumstances. It's clear our team came out with poor focus and low motivation. We didn't play hard enough. For the second game in a row, we committed 23 turnovers, only this time for a different reason, we committed more errors than assists. A team with such experience isn't expected to allow that. Today, we performed beneath our level.