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Nando De Colo bravely pushed COVID-19 to the front at Fenerbahche Istanbul, but CSKA Moscow finally proved their mettle by enduring a streak in the fourth quarter.
| Man of the match | |
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EFF 25 |
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Will clyburn |
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Points |
twenty |
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Precision |
8-15 |
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Bounces |
5 |
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Effective transfers |
5 |
Dimitrio Itoudis’ students won the first Euroleague quarter-final match on their field 92:76 (28:23, 25:21, 11:22, 28:10) and led 1-0 in a series of up to three wins.
The second game on Friday will also be played in Moscow.
“The game was in the playoffs, both teams fought very decisively,” Itoudis commented after the match on the Euroleague broadcast. – The game consisted of shots, and in the third quarter we had a bad stretch when we made a mistake and let them take easy points. But together in the second part of the duel we played together, everyone got off the bench to make a contribution. So far in the series, it’s just 1-0. We are already convinced that no one will share the victories, we have to win them. “
At Fenerbahce, there were only eight players in the duel, although eleven of them signed up. Five COVID-19 basketball players, including Lithuanian Edgar Ulanov, stayed in Istanbul with Jan Vesely, who was recovering from an ankle injury.
The infection was confirmed and coach Igor Kokoskov, who will be managed by assistant Erdem Canas in the first two games of the series.
De Colo was furious in the first part of the duel, when he had 22 points on his account a minute and a half before the long break, and the Fenerbahche team had a deficit of 44 and 4 points (44:48).
The Turkish club managed to enter the fourth quarter with a 66:64 lead, but then fell: the hosts scored four 3-pointers in a row, won the section 17: 2 and firmly took the initiative into their own hands (84: 70).
De Colo scored a total of 27 points in 35 minutes (7/11 double, 2/6 trit., 7/8 penalty), bounced 4 and took 3 balls, made 3 assists, caused 7 fouls and recorded 27 utility points .
Daniel Hackett, who scored 4 of 5 3s, scored 20 points, as did Will Clyburn, who scored 8 of 11 3s and missed all four shots from range.
“After a long break, we all stretched the defense together, that’s why we won the game,” Clyburn said. – As acceptable for the playoffs, it was a difficult game. We all know what we’re fighting for and I hope it will be throughout the series. “
Johannes Voigtmann adorned the victory with a double-double: 12 points (2/4 doubles, 2/3 trit., 2/4 penalty) and 10 rebounds.
Marko Guduričius, injured several times in the duel, played 23 minutes, scored 11 points (0/3 double, 3/4 trit., 2/3 penalty), took charge of 3 and bounced 2 balls, made 3 errors and recorded the profit of 9 points.
Basketball players from the Moscow team scored from distance 14 times on 30 attempts (47 percent). Guests from Istanbul scored 7 points out of 17 attempts (41%).
Lithuanian Gytis Vilius whistled in the duel alongside Luigi Lamonica and Oleg Latiševas.
CSKA: Will Clyburn (8/11 doubles, 5 res., 5 res., 2 bl., 25 uses) and Daniel Hackett (4/5 trit.) – 20 each, Johannes Voigtmann 12 (2/3 trit., 10 recit., 2 bl.), Semionas Antonovas 9 (3/3 trit.), Gabriel Lundberg 7.
Fenerbahche: Nando De Colo 27 (7/11 dvit., 2/6 trit., 7/8 penalty, 3 innings, 4 dd., 27 uses), Lorenzo Brownas 12 (4/10 dvit.), Marko Guduričius ( 3/4 trit., 3 trans. Chamber), Kyle O’Quinnas (5/7 double, 6 reb. Chamber, 4 res.) After 11, Tarikas Biberovičius 9.
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