To stand for the name

Our team has to fight for the third place in the third Final Four in a row. This time Fenerbahce-Ulker will be the opponent.

“Nobody wants to play this kind of games and we keep telling Euroleague about it,” CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis said. “We are obliged to be ready, focused and to compete, to stand up for the name of our club.”

Milos Teodosic missed the practice because he reported calf pains. He was tested in one of Madrid hospitals and remains questionable for the game.

“Relativity” connections

Dimitris Itoudis spent 13 seasons as an assistant coach to current Fenerbahce Ulker boss Zeljko Obradovic at Panathinaikos Athens (1999-2013). Together they led the Greens to 5 Euroleague crowns.

Kyle Hines and Ricky Hickman teamed up for the UNC Greensboro from 2004 till 2007.

Fener’s guard Nikos Zisis played for CSKA from 2007 to 2009.

Past matchups

Win/loss record: 19-7

1995-96 – European Championship for Men’s Clubs. Semifinal Round. Ulker – CSKA: 71-81 (+10)
1995-96 – European Championship for Men’s Clubs. Semifinal Round. CSKA – Ulker: 80-71 (+9)
1996-97 – Euroleague. Preliminary Round. CSKA – Ulker: 71-76 (-5)
1996-97 – Euroleague. Preliminary Round. Ulker – CSKA: 73-76 (+3)
1998-99 – Euroleague. Preliminary Round. CSKA – Ulker: 82-76 (+6)
1998-99 – Euroleague. Preliminary Round. Ulker – CSKA: 64-91 (+27)
2000-01 – FIBA Suproleague. Qualification Round. CSKA – Ulker: 83-88 (-5)
2000-01 – FIBA Suproleague. Qualification Round. Ulker – CSKA: 93-91 (-2)
2001-02 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Ulker: 86-80 (+6)
2001-02 – Euroleague. Top 16. Ulker – CSKA: 96-91 (-5)
2002-03 – Euroleague. Regular Season. Ulker – CSKA: 63-66 (+3)
2002-03 – Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – Ulker: 78-62 (+16)
2004-05 – Euroleague. Regular Season. Ulker – CSKA: 82-87 (+5)
2004-05 – Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – Ulker: 90-77 (+13)
2004-05 – Euroleague. Quarterfinals. CSKA – Ulker: 88-74 (+14)
2004-05 – Euroleague. Quarterfinals. Ulker – CSKA: 64-82 (+18)
2005-06 – Euroleague. Regular Season. Ulker – CSKA: 49-82 (+33)
2005-06 – Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – Ulker: 74-51 (+23)
2006-07 – Euroleague. Regular Season. Fenerbahce-Ulker – CSKA: 64-74 (+10)
2006-07 – Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – Fenerbahce-Ulker: 85-66 (+19)
2008-09 – Euroleague. Top 16. Fenerbahce-Ulker – CSKA: 48-66 (+18)
2008-09 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Fenerbahce-Ulker: 77-60 (+17)
2013-14 – Euroleague. Regular Season. Fenerbahce-Ulker – CSKA: 86-60 (-26)
2013-14 – Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – Fenerbahce-Ulker: 74-78 (-4)
2014-15 – Euroleague. Top 16. Fenerbahce-Ulker – CSKA: 81-84 OT (+3)
2014-15 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Fenerbahce-Ulker: 75-81 (-6)

Important numbers

Milos Teodosic leads the league this season in assists with an average of 7.2 per game.

Teodosic has scored in double figures and made at least 1 three-pointer in 12 consecutive Euroleague games.

Nando De Colo is tied with Rudy Fernandez of Real Madrid for the most steals in the Top 16 with an average of 2.3 per game.

De Colo has recorded at least 1 steal in 12 straight Euroleague games.

De Colo has scored in double figures in seven straight and 12 of his last 13 Euroleague games.

Andrey Vorontsevich needs 3 more three-pointers to reach the century mark for his Euroleague career, Manuchar Markoishvili – 7.

Short dossier

Fenerbahce-Ulker Istanbul, Turkey
Founded: 1913
Colors: yellow, dark-blue
Homecourt: Ulker Sports Arena (13800)
President: Azim Yildirim
Head coach: Zelimir Obradovic
Website: www.fenerbahce.org/fbulker/
Trophy case: Turkish champions (1991, 2007, 08, 10, 11, 14), Turkish Cup winners (1967, 2010, 11, 13), President’s Cup winners (1990, 91, 94, 2007, 13)