CSKA
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Moscow
26 November 2020 Thursday / 20:00 MSK
Megasport Sport Palace
CSKA
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Pre-game breakdown

The teams approach the game having 5-game winning streaks behind their backs.

The Army Men had a day off after 3-game road week and got back to work on Tuesday. The team practiced at USH CSKA and moved to Megasport on Wednesday.

Johannes Voigtmann joined the team. Injured Janis Strelnieks works individually, Andrey Lopatin left to help the Russian National Team.

Facundo Campazzo played his last game for Real on Sunday before leaving to the NBA. Fabien Causeur tested positive for COVID-19 and has not played since Round 2 but returned in the Sunday game. 

Rudy Fernandez is not expected to play in Moscow due to injury.

Pre-game quotes

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
Huge respect to Real Madrid, the best team in Europe that plays off the screen game. You can compare them to Golden State in means of using this in chasing the titles. They have size, they have different lineups and combinations of players to use on the court. The games against them are always competitive. We need to reach our top on each and every possession. It will be a very interesting game.
Nikola Milutinov, CSKA center:
Game against Real Madrid will not be easy. Everybody know that they have a good and dangerous team, they play fast, they know how to play, they can score a lot of points. We have to be ready for their uptempo game and their shooting. We had three road games last week, so it is good to be back home and play in front of our fans. Hopefully, we take a win tomorrow.

“Relativity” connections

Real guard Nicolas Laprovittola was a teammate of Johannes Voigtmann at Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in the second part of 2016-17 season.

Semen Antonov and Real's Trey Thompkins were teammates at Nizhny Novgorod when the club made its EuroLeague debut in 2014-15.

Nikita Kurbanov of CSKA and Anthony Randolph of Real Madrid were teammates at Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar during the 2014-15 season.

Mike James and Madrid's Fabien Causeur were teammates at Baskonia for a season and a half, from 2014 to 2016. They helped the team reach the 2016 EuroLeague Final Four together.

Real Madrid guard Fabien Causeur was a teammate of Janis Strelnieks at Brose Bamberg for the 2016-17 season.

Important numbers

Ten different players have appeared in CSKA's starting lineups so far this season. Only Nikita Kurbanov has started in every game.

Mike James has made at least 1 three-point shot in 29 of his last 30 games. James ranks third this season with 2.4 three-point shots made per game.

James has scored in double figures in 34 of his last 35 games. He ranks second in scoring this season with 18.6 points per game.

James ranks seventh this season in average PIR with 17.6 per game.

Will Clyburn has scored in double figures in nine straight games. He ranks fifth in scoring this season with 16.4 points per game.

Clyburn has made a three-pointer in eight of his last nine games.

Clyburn had double-digit PIRs in eight of his last nine games.

Nikola Milutinov ranks second this season with 2.9 offensive rebounds per game.

Nikola Milutinov is ranked 10th all-time with 396 offensive rebounds. Bryant Dunston of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is ninth with 408 and counting.

Daniel Hackett ranks sixth this season in three-point accuracy at 51.4%.

Janis Strelnieks ranks sixth all-time in free-throw accuracy at 90.9%.

Tornike Shengelia needs 3 more three-pointers to reach 100 in the EuroLeague.

Past matchups

1962-63 – Euroleague. Final. Real – CSKA: 86-69 (-17)

1962-63 – Euroleague. Final. CSKA – Real: 91-74 (+17)

1962-63 – Euroleague. Final. CSKA – Real: 99-80 (+19)

1964-65 – Euroleague. Final. CSKA – Real: 88-81 (+7)

1964-65 – Euroleague. Final. Real – CSKA: 76-62 (-14)

1968-69 – Euroleague. Group stage. Real – CSKA: 67-69 (+2)

1968-69 – Euroleague. Group stage. CSKA – Real: 78-89 (-11)

1968-69 – Euroleague. Final. CSKA – Real: 103-99 2ОТ (+4)

1970-71 – Euroleague. Group stage. CSKA – Real: 73-66 (+7)

1970-71 – Euroleague. Group stage. Real – CSKA: 58-60 (+2)

1974-75 – Euroleague. 1/4 finals. Group stage. CSKA – Real: 0-2 (forfeit)

1974-75 – Euroleague. 1/4 finals. Group stage. Real – CSKA: 2-0 (forfeit)

Following instructions from the Soviet government, CSKA withdrew before the start of the stage to avoid facing Maccabi Tel-Aviv in a period of diplomatic disputes between USSR and Israel.

1976-77 – Euroleague. 2nd group stage. Real – CSKA: 92-111 (+19)

1976-77 – Euroleague. 2nd group stage. CSKA – Real: 113-111 (+2)

1980-81 – Euroleague. 2nd group stage. Real – CSKA: 104-80 (-24)

1980-81 – Euroleague. 2nd group stage. CSKA – Real: 85-80 (+5)

1982-83 – Euroleague. Group stage. CSKA – Real: 90-93 (-3)

1982-83 – Euroleague. Group stage. Real – CSKA: 91-91 (0)

1984-85 – Euroleague. Group stage. CSKA – Real: 85-97 (-12)

1984-85 – Euroleague. Group stage. Real – CSKA: 84-72 (-12)

1994-95 – Euroleague. Group stage. Real – CSKA: 97-81 (-16)

1994-95 – Euroleague. Group stage. CSKA – Real: 84-82 (+2)

1995-96 – Euroleague. 3rd place game. CSKA – Real: 74-73 (+1)

1997-98 – Euroleague. 1st group stage. CSKA – Real: 90-77 (+13)

1997-98 – Euroleague. 1st group stage. Real – CSKA: 101-93 (-8)

2001-02 – Euroleague. Regular season. CSKA – Real: 77-92 (-15)

2001-02 – Euroleague. Regular season. Real – CSKA: 82-86 (+4)

2002-03 – Euroleague. Regular season. CSKA – Real: 90-75 (+15)

2002-03 – Euroleague. Regular season. Real – CSKA: 80-93 (+13)

2004-05 – Euroleague. Top 16: Real – CSKA: 94-95 ОТ (+1)

2004-05 – Euroleague. Top 16: CSKA – Real: 89-73 (+16)

2005-06 – Euroleague. Regular season. CSKA – Real: 64-52 (+12)

2005-06 – Euroleague. Regular season. Real – CSKA: 71-80 ОТ (+9)

2008-09 – Euroleague. Regular season. Real – CSKA: 54-58 (+4)

2008-09 – Euroleague. Regular season. CSKA – Real: 78-82 (-4)

2012-13 – Euroleague. Top 16. Real – CSKA: 86-78 ОТ (-8)

2012-13 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Real: 81-72 (+9)

2013-14 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Real: 85-71 (+14)

2013-14 – Euroleague. Top 16. Real – CSKA: 93-79 (-14)

2015-16 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Real: 95-81 (+14)

2015-16 – Euroleague. Top 16. Real – CSKA: 87-96 (+9)

2016-17 – Euroleague. Regular season. CSKA – Real: 91-90 (+1)

2016-17 – Euroleague. Regular season. Real – CSKA: 95-85 (-10)

2016-17 – Euroleague. 3rd place game. Real – CSKA: 70-94 (+24)

2017-18 – Euroleague. Regular season. Real – CSKA: 82-69 (-13)

2017-18 – Euroleague. Regular season. CSKA – Real: 93-87 (+6)

2017-18 – Euroleague. Semifinal. CSKA – Real: 83-92 (-9)

2018-19 – Euroleague. Regular season. Real – CSKA: 88-93 (+5)

2018-19 – Euroleague. Regular season. CSKA – Real: 82-78 (+4)

2018-19 – Euroleague. Semifinal. CSKA – Real: 90-95 (+5)

2019-20 – Euroleague. Regular season. Real – CSKA: 97-81 (-16)

2019-20 – Euroleague. Regular season. CSKA – Real: 60-55 (+5)

Short dossier

Real Madrid, Spain

Founded: 1931

Colors: white, blue

Home court: WiZink Center (15,000)

President: Florentino Perez

Head coach: Pablo Laso

Website: http://www.realmadrid.es/

Trophy case:

10-time Euroleague champion (1964, 65, 67, 68, 74, 78, 80, 95, 2015, 18);

ULEB Cup winner (2007);

Korac Cup winner (1988);

4-time Saporta Cup winner (1984, 89, 92, 97);

35-time Spanish champion (1957, 58, 60-66, 68-77, 79, 80, 82, 84-86, 93, 94, 2000, 05, 07, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19);

28-time Copa del Rey winner (1951, 52, 54, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 70-75, 77, 85, 86, 89, 93, 2012, 14-17, 20);

7-time Spanish SuperCup winner (1985, 2012, 13, 14, 18-20);

5-time Intercontinental Cup winner (1976, 77, 78, 2015, 19)

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