to TED Ankara in the Turkish BEKO Ligi last Saturday.

The result of the EuroChallenge clash was again not favourable to Tofas, but Caki has reasons to look at the bright side.

While media reports ahead of the Tuesday game insisted that the Turkish club and their star point guard had agreed to go their separate ways, neither side has confirmed this officially.

In any case, Caki had to remould his team's offensive plays based on a more collective model and he got meaningful contributions from starters and bench players alike.

Austin Nichols and Chinemelu Elonu shared the biggest part of the load, with 16 and 15 points respectively, but the brave team effort was not enough for the hosts.

Krasnye Krylia are looking more and more like a well-oiled winning machine, andwhile they never dominated the encounter, they did more than enough all night long to clinch another win, their ninth consecutive in the EuroChallenge, without too much stress.

Andre Smith in particular really enjoyed the trip to Turkey, as he collected 32 points and five rebounds to lead the Russian charge.

Guard Chester Simmons meanwhile was happy to take less shots than usual but he still contributed 15 points and added five rebounds and three assists.

Aliaksei Trastsinetski iced the final result from the free throw line, handing Minsk their first win in the Last 16

Having already tasted defeat in both their first two games in the Last 16, Minsk were playing with their backs to the wall throughout the entire encounter with Bonn on Tuesday.

They managed to pull away 55-47