No easy ways
17.01.2020
Again, against Baskonia our team had problems in the beginning and in the end, but brilliant middle part gave enough margin to win…
Again, against Baskonia our team had problems in the beginning and in the end, but brilliant middle part gave enough margin to win.
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
CSKA vs. Baskonia Vitoria: 94-90 (+4)
CSKA: James (33 + 3 rb + 3 as), Voigtmann (10 + 5 rb + 2 as), Hilliard (14 + 2 as), Kurbanov (4 + 3 rb), Hines (4 + 5 rb + 4 as) – start; Bolomboy (3 + 3 rb + 2 st), Antonov (4 + 4 rb), Vorontsevich (2 as), Hackett (4 + 2 as), Sant-Roos (6), Koufos (6 + 4 pf), Baker (6)…
Baskonia: Henry (18 + 9 rb + 4 as), Janning (12), Shengelia (12 + 5 as + 5 to), Shields (11 + 4 rb), Eric (9 + 5 rb + 4 pf) – start; Penava (DNP), Gonzalez (DNP), Diop (0), Garcia (0), Fall (19 + 10 rb), Stauskas (9 + 4 rb), Polonara (0)…
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
We had a slow start but managed to win the first quarter, and then we established a much better defensive attitude, better rotations, ball pressure and deflections. We kept them really low and built a good margin, we were close to 20 points up. But then we stopped playing. We cannot underestimate people and this is something we have to work on. Congrats for the win, back to back wins are important. And I don’t only want to talk about the end because the other 35 minutes also existed, but the game gives us this: we cannot stop playing. We never had a real threat about the game, but I don’t like this ending. Consistency is very important. The team deserves congratulations but this is a long road and we need to be more consistent, definitely.
