Trailing 25 may 2013
PBC CSKA
In the Game 1 of VTB League semifinal series our team was down by double-digit margin but managed to turn the game over. Still it was not enough to win.
Khimki Moscow Region vs. CSKA: 83-80 (-3)
Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach:
I think in the first half we did not show enough togetherness in comparison to our previous game. Still we played good second half and we made the game to be decided by small details in the end. I am pleased with the team’s effort, improved defense and better ball movement. For sure we did not have an answer to Zoran Planinic today and hopefully we will do better work on him tomorrow. We don’t have Sonny Weems, Sasha Kaun has pain in his knee which becomes worse and worse every day, Victor Khryapa is banged up and in the second game it will be even more difficult for them to play. So we have to use wider rotation.
Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach:
I think in the first half we did not show enough togetherness in comparison to our previous game. Still we played good second half and we made the game to be decided by small details in the end. I am pleased with the team’s effort, improved defense and better ball movement. For sure we did not have an answer to Zoran Planinic today and hopefully we will do better work on him tomorrow. We don’t have Sonny Weems, Sasha Kaun has pain in his knee which becomes worse and worse every day, Victor Khryapa is banged up and in the second game it will be even more difficult for them to play. So we have to use wider rotation.
Source
http://www.cskabasket.com/news/?id=12567&lang=en
