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The eighth victory in the most powerful tournament on the Old Continent was won by CSKA Moscow (8-3).
Man of the match
Dimitri Itoudis students at home 74:73 (17:20, 18:18, 23:17, 16:18) broke Real Madrid basketball players (6-5).
One minute before the end of the match, CSKA took the lead by two points (68:66), Real could not attack, but Itoudis’ players could not throw the ball in the next attack in 5 seconds and restored the hopes of the guests to match the result.
The ball landed in the hands of Trey Thompkins, who again weighed the result in favor of the guests 22 seconds away with a long shot.
The decisive attack was entrusted by CSKA to Mike James, who scored three points from a corner with a foul by Alberto Abalde 2 seconds ago, scored a penalty and brought a dramatic victory to the CSKA team.
Moscow was led to victory by James, the late-game hero. The American scored 28 points in 28 minutes (6/9 doubles, 5/10 trit., 1/1 penalty), bounced 2 and lost 2 balls, made 1 assists and scored 24 utility points.
There was a point-to-point fight at the start of the match, but the real club ran 9-0 and at the beginning of the second quarter, following Anthony Randolph’s three-point lead, they gained a 9-point lead (26:17).
Sergio Llull soon put Real’s lead to double digits (36:25) from distance, but the hosts, who responded with a 10: 2 blast before the long break, reduced the difference to 3 points after Johannes’ long shot Voigtmann.
In the third quarter, the Itoudis students managed to overcome the result in their favor. At the end of the quarter, James stabbed a three-point corner from the corner, giving CSKA a fragile 4-point lead (56:52).
With 6 minutes remaining, James took the initiative, scoring 8 straight points and giving the Russians a 4-point lead (68:64).
Walter Tavares’s game did not save the Royal Club from defeat. The pivot scored 8 points (4/5 doubles) in 24 minutes, bounced 10 balls, made 2 assists, blocked 4 shots from opponents and scored 25 utility points.
CSKA: Mike James 28 (5/10 trit.), Tornikė Šengelija 15 (7 sec.), Will Clyburn 11 (1/6 diat., 9. cam.), Johannes Voigtmann 5.
“Real”: Trey Thompkinsas 15 (6 Ath. Kam.), Gabriel Deck 14, Sergio Llull (1/7 dvit., 6 Ath. Kam.) Ir Anthony Randolph (1/6 dvit., 3/7 innate) – Po 13.
Match summary:
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