Aziz Akkaya, Besiktas Cola Turka coach:
"My players showed a lot of altruism in the game, though they were tired because of the long trip to Orenburg, but they hoped to win and they did it. Besiktas showed character and deserved the victory."
Yuriy Karandashov, Nadezhda coach:
"Not only players are guilty in a loss but the coaches toom, iff they could not turn the team's [fortunes] at the decisive moment. They (players) made a lot of efforts to take the lead but finally everything was decided at the last minute when Besiktas blocked some three-point shots."