CSKA lost, Messina furious

2013-12-15T20:08:11+00:00 2013-12-18T01:57:43+00:00.

Aris Barkas

15/Dec/13 20:08

Eurohoops.net

In the game for the top spot of Group B in VTB league, Khimki beat on the road CSKA Moscow and Messina didn’t hide his opinion about the way his players performed: “You should try hard to defend that awful”

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Lokomotiv Kuban beat Turow on Monday, however already the big news are the home defeat of CSKA Moscow by Khimki. It was the game for the top of Group B, which now belongs to unbeaten Khimki (8-0) and coach Ettore Messina of CSKA (7-1) exploded: “During the halftime break I stressed the team’s attention on the fact that Khimki made 60% from two. And we managed to defend even worse. In fact we allowed around 80% from two in the second half. You should try hard to defend that awful. We could win 100-92 but this is not our style. Defense wins championships as they say”. In Group A, Unics leads (8-1), followed by Lietuvos Rytas (7-2).

VTB League  – 9th week
PGE Turow 65  73 Lokomotiv Kuban
CSKA Moscow 87 – 92 Khimki Moscow Region
Kalev/Cramo 68 – 76 Lietuvos Rytas
Spartak St.Petersb. 72 – 67 CEZ Nymburk
Krasny Oktyabr 86 – 76 Azovmash
Astana Tigers 89 – 81 VEF Riga
UNICS Kazan 85 – 69 Donetsk
Enisey 85 – 78 Nizhny Novgorod
Tsmoki-Minsk 66 – 74 Krasnye Krylia

 

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