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It was a fight of bloody Euroleague leaders: the hosts did not include Will Clyburn and Daniel Hackett, at the time Šarūnas Jasikevičius was without Nikola Mirotičius, Brandon Davies and Victor Claver.
Dimitrio Itoudis’ students started the game more solidly, leading in the middle of the second half with a double-digit advantage, but Barcelona closed the quarter with a successful 10: 0 stretch.
The defenders put the Barcelona carriage in the attack: Alex Abrines scored four 3-pointers in the first half of the game and scored 14 points, Cory Higgins had 15 points and the Šarūnas Jasikevičius students took the slimmest 42:41 lead at the long break.
CSKA’s Mike James was injured as the game became more physical and he had to leave the field. The most productive basketball player in the Euroleague, who was beaten on the road by Barcelona’s Latvian Rolandas Šmitas, returned to the field a few minutes later.
In the third quarter, Barcelona demonstrated impressive defense, which CSKA basketball players managed to break only in the second half.
R. Šmitas, a student of Š Jasikevičius, distinguished himself by his fantastic location.
Nick Calathes hit two long shots in a row midway through the fourth quarter, raising the road lead to 75:62.
Although Mike James was still trying to save CSKA, time was too short.
Cory Higgins, who scored 25 points and scored 28 utility points against his former team, played a great game. The American missed two points before repeating his career record.
This was CSKA’s first failure at Megasport Stadium after a series of six victories.
In the victorious match, Barcelona scored 12 3-pointers out of 27 (44.4%), and CSKA, which suffocated in defense of the Š.Jasikevičius students, 4 out of 21 (19.1%).
CSKA: Mike James 18 (1/6 trit., 20 us.), Nikola Milutinov 15, Darrun Hilliard (9th chamber) and Tornikė Šengelija (7th section) – 10 each.
Barcelona: Cory Higgins 25 (28 votes), Alex Abrines 19 (5/9 trit.), Nick Calathes 13 (6 rev., 7 res.).
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