Oleg Kiselev: «We have time to recover after the defeat.»

The head coach of «Astana,» Oleg Kiselev, recapped the match against «Avtodor.»

«I think the statistics of the second half show that we performed very poorly in executing the offensive plan we had counted on. The score speaks for itself: in the second half, we scored only 27 points. We had significant problems in offense, didn't use our strengths as we had agreed upon, and the execution was very poor.

Credit must be given to «Avtodor»: they were very charged today, especially in the second half, and showed a good shooting percentage.

We now have a break because of the All-Star Game and the FIBA window, and we have time to recover from this defeat. This is only the first game of the second stage, so there is no need for doom scenarios.

We will have the opportunity to correct today's mistake and avoid it in the upcoming matches.»