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The Catalans led almost the entire match and in the second half the gap had grown to 14 points.
Dimitrio Itoudis’ players did not give in and gave the home team the opportunity to change things. At the beginning of the decisive quarter, the tension reached its maximum: the teams were divided by two points (57:55).
But then CSKA leader Mike James made a mistake, Barcelona accelerated 8-0 and regained the same 14-point lead.
Despite James’ attempt to rehab from a range of more than 8 meters, the Russian team did not have enough time for the last round.
The runner-up Spanish team stood out high. Brandon Davies scored 18 points and Nikola Mirotičius 17 points.
Barcelona won the fight for rebounds 32:24.
Cory Higgins, who had recovered from the injury, appeared in the Catalan standings, scoring 8 points in the former teammates’ basket and making 4 assists.
CSKA performed without rookie Nikola Milutinov and Janis Strelniekas, and the first violin was played by another rookie, Tornikė Šengelija (15 points).
“Barcelona”: Brandon Davies 18, Nikola Mirotichi 17 (7th ed.), Alex Abrines 13 (7th ed.), Cory Higgins 8, Nick Calathes (7th ed.) And Adam Hanga – 7 each;
CSKA: Tower Shengelia 15, Mike James 13 (Grade 6), Daniel Hackett 11, Will Clyburn, and Darrun Hilliard 8 each.
In the next match of the first round of the Euroleague, ALBA (Berlin) in Berlin broke 80:73 (19:29, 30:12, 18:17, 13:15) at the Maccabi (Israel) house in Tel Aviv.
Interestingly, in this match, the basketball players of both teams never asked for a penalty throw line: the hosts realized all 11 shots, the guests – 10 shots.
“Maccabi”: Angelo Caloiaro 18, Chris Jones (7th ed.), And Othello Hunter 12 each;
SUNRISE: Marcus Eriksson 18, Simone Fontecchio 16 (8th ed.), Peyton Siva (7th ed.) And Jayson Granger 10 each.
At that time, Valencia (Spain) began the season in their own field, beating USEL in Villerban (France) by 65:63 (18:17, 19:16, 13:14, 15:16).
The decisive launch was marked by Sam Van Rossom.
“Valencia”: Derrick Williams 15 (5/6 trit.), Mike Tobey 10, Klemen Prepeličius 8 (1/6 trit.);
ASVEL: Moustapha Fallas 14, Norrisas Cole’as 11 (6 rez. Lost, 6 kl.), Charles Kahudi 9.
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