Home win in St.Petersburg
Our team was formally the host team in the WINLINE Basket Cup semifinals in St. Petersburg – and they took down their opponents like home team…
CSKA – Zenit Saint Petersburg: 88-74 (+14)
CSKA: Ware (11 + 2 as), Ruzhentsev (7), Ukhov (9 + 3 as), Astapkovich (2 + 4 rb), Jean-Charles (5 + 5 rb) – start; Cleveland (16 + 3 rb), Trimble (25 + 7 rb + 3 as + 3 st + 3 to), Karpenko (0), Chadov (0), Antonov (3 + 3 rb + 2 as), Kurbanov (2 + 9 rb), Mitrovic (8 + 3 as)…
Zenit: Frazier (9 + 2 as), Juzang (14 + 6 rb + 5 as + 4 to), Martyuk (15 + 3 rb), Vorontsevich (3 + 5 rb + 4 pf), Yemchenko (5 + 5 rb) – start; Roberson (3 rb), Shcherbenev (DNP), Karasev (0), Uzinskiy (0), Moon (13 + 3 as + 2 st), Bako (2), Samanic (13 + 2 as)…
Andreas Pistiolis, head coach of CSKA:
Zenit is one of the best teams in the VTB League, and we were playing at the arena in St. Petersburg. We expected the game to be tough, and it was. I believe we started laying the foundation for the victory in the first quarter; we followed our plan and built it brick by brick.
