CSKA in the final

CSKA moved to the final of the international tournament Rino Snaidero Memorial in Italian Udine. In the second game of the group stage the army club defeat Benetton. Dusan Ivkovic needed to win 3 or more points and did it.

They took the leadership in the early beginning: 14-17 after the first quarter. By the way, CSKA will play against Benetton soon – in the group stage of Euroleague ULEB.

CSKA could keep big advantage for a long time. Only in the middle of the last quarter the opponent could cut for a little: 63-69 to 4 minutes to the end. But on last minutes army players were concentrating and won. They will play against Montepaschi in the final. Fortitudo will meet Snaidero in the game for the third place. Today Snaidero defeat Cibona 77-76.

Group B: Benetton vs CSKA: 66-75 (14-27, 15-20, 19-18, 18-10)

Benetton:: Siskauskas (14 + 3 пд), Marconato (13 + 4 пд), Bulleri (12 + 6 пд +2 гп), Garnett (8 + 4 пд + 2 пт), Soragna (5 + 3 пх), Slokar (5 + 4 пд), Morlende (4), Goree (3 + 14 пд + 2 пх + 2 пт), Beard (2 + 2 пд)

CSKA: Brown (18 + 9 пд + 2 пх + 4 пт), Dikoudis (16 + 12 пд + 1 пх + 1 пт), Andersen (14 + 8 пд + 2 гп), Granger (14 +6 пд + 1 пх +1 пт), Holden (11 +2 пд +1 пх +3 пт), Shabalkin (2 +2 пд), Zavoruev (2 пх + 2 пт +4 ф), Kolesnikov (-).

Team statistics (Benetton - CSKA):

2 Pts: 12/36 (33%) - 21/42 (50%)
3 Pts: 9/30 (30%) - 5/25 (25%)
Free Throw: 15/26 (58%) - 18/22 (82%)
Rebounds (off+def): 14+26 (40) – 12 +34 (46)
TO/Steals: 9/11 - 11/9
Assists: 4 - 5
Fouls: 18 - 23
Blocks: 2 - 0