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Banvit (Balikesir, Turkey) vs. CSKA: 72-73 (+1)

Banvit: Veyseloglu (2), Rowland (10 + 3 st), Edge (12 + 4 pf), Davis (9 + 7 rb + 4 pf), Mejia (13 + 3 to), Veremeyenko (5 + 4 rb + 5 pf), Simmons (13 + 6 rb + 5 pf), Gecim (5 + 3 rb), Ozer (3 + 4 rb)…

CSKA: Fridzon (6 + 3 to), Nichols (2), Jackson (8 + 4 rb), Markoishvili (14 + 7 rb + 5 to), Korobkov (3 + 4 rb), Weems (7), Zozulin (6 rb), Strebkov (12), Vorontsevich (8 + 8 rb), Kaun (6), Khryapa (1 + 4 rb), Hines (6)

I am far from estimating our team’s game because we still don’t have full team. We play without De Colo and Teodosic, we are not forcing things with Khryapa who is still bothered with past injuries. We listen to our doctors if they tell us to leave the player on the bench. I am glad for Strebkov who is one of the best on the team during the camp, he works really hard. He had some mistakes in the first half, we talked in the halftime and showed him our trust in the second half. He responded by stepping up both on offense and defense.