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CSKA Moscow guard: Nando De Colo
"The playoff games here was a key moment for us. We played really good in the first game of the series, got surprised in the second, so then we had to react in the two games here. It was good for us to get to know this gym a little bit better. I know exactly what the team needs from me and I try to do my job on the court, but the most important is what the team can do together. It will be a tough game because we're playing against one of the great teams of recent years. They have a lot of experience, but we have to just think of ourselves and give our maximum to come into the game at our best. We have a different team from last year, it's important to know what we did wrong in last season's game, but it's another season and we have to think about what we want to do, not about what happened last year."
CSKA Moscow guard: Cory Higgins
"We have a lot of weapons, we're a team full of talent and different options and offensively we definitely feel comfortable with each other and know what has to be done. It's down to the defense and how strong and solid we'll be at that end. We'll have to put together a good game on both sides of the basketball. Game to game, definitely there's some improvisation because every game is different. We all have a very high basketball IQ so we can figure out how each game needs to be played. Tomorrow might be a defensive battle or high-scoring, but with all the options we have I'm confident coach will make the adjustments and put the right players on the court to win the game. My relationship with the coach has allowed me to get better every year. I've gained his trust more and more and that's why I've had an expanded role."
CSKA Moscow forward:
Nikita Kurbanov
"Regular season games don't matter tomorrow. It will be a different game, but in a regular season you have to have some room for mistakes, but at the Final Four, every mistake is very important. You have to be fully focused on the game. That is what we have to do against Real, mentally and physically. We know them, obviously playing against them twice this season. We will try to repeat doing some of the things we did when we beat them in the regular season."
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