15.10.2021
In an equal battle with Crvena Zvezda, our team had a great last quarter and took the much-needed home victory. The third in a row in the Euroleague...
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CSKA – Crvena Zvezda Belgrade: 78-76 (+2)

CSKA: Lundberg (8 + 2 as), Bolomboy (11 + 5 rb + 3 bs), Voigtmann (12 + 5 rb + 2 as + 2 st + 3 to), Kurbanov (5 + 3 rb + 4 as), Shved (16 + 4 rb + 5 as) – start; Khomenko (DNP), Ukhov (3), Ivlev (DNP), Hackett (2 + 2 as), Antonov (3), Clyburn (18 + 4 rb + 3 to), Lopatin (DNP)…

Crvena Zvezda: Wolters (16 + 3 as + 2 st), Davidovac (2), Kalinic (11 + 3 as), Hollins (5 + 4 rb + 3 as), Kuzmic (14 + 7 rb) – start; Gusic (DNP), Lazarevic (2), Uskokovic (0), Mitrovic (4 + 2 as + 3 to), Dobric (10), Simonovic (2), Ivanovic (10 + 4 rb)…


Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

I would like to congratulate the team from all my heart. Obviously, we played bad defense in the first half, we were respecting our opponents too much, we showed no physicality, no sacrifice, we did not contain their creators. Zvezda is not known as a high-scoring team, still they scored 42 points in the first half. After a sloppy beginning of the third quarter we changed the chip, we put the pressure on our opponents, we started to force turnovers. I said it before, our identity in in hustle and defense, we may have good or bad shooting nights, but the defense will help us. In the third and fourth quarters we played completely different, we started reading the opponents’ game, we attacked the right people. And also, the game is different when you’re making shots, and we made some big shots. In the end we’ve managed to beat very competitive and tough team that plays on the level of foul. In our situation with injuries we are galvanizing as a team, and I am sure we will get something good out of all difficulties.


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18 October 09:40
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