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The visit of the azulgrana team (14-6) to the Russian capital was crowned with two victories. After beating the weakest team in the tournament on Tuesday, Šarūnas Jasikevičius’s students dealt with the strongest on Friday.
Man of the match
“Barcelona” 88:75 (20:25, 22:16, 22:15, 24:19) surpassed league leader Moscow CSKA (15-5) and surpassed him for the second time this season. At home, the culés had won 76:66.
After this victory, Barça, who are in second place in the standings, are just one win behind CSKA.
Corry Higgins, who scored 25 points and bounced 6 balls, led Barcelona to victory. So he was two points away from the Euroleague personal performance record.
CSKA led 35:24 in the second half, but before the long break, the guests ran 18: 6 and advanced 42:41.
In the third half, Barcelona continued their lead and led after Adam Hanga’s three-point lead to 53:44, and after Higgins’ two-point lead to a double-digit lead of 62:51. Barcelona maintained the winning advantage for the rest of the match.
On Tuesday, Barcelona 87:75 beat Chimki in the Moscow region, and CSKA 83:73 on Wednesday with Žalgiris.
CSKA: Mike James 18 (1/6 trit.), Nikola Milutinov 15, Darrun Hilliard (9th chamber) and Tornike Shengelia 10 each.
Barcelona: Corry Higgins 25, Alex Abrines 19, Nick Calathes 13 (7 res., 6 pm).
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