Fifty at halves

06.04.2015
Nando De Colo (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
27 points by De Colo and 23 by Teodosic helped our team to win difficult home game against Nizhny Novgorod.

CSKA vs. Nizhniy Novgorod: 83-75 (+8)


CSKA: De Colo (27 + 9 rb + 5 as), Teodosic (23 + 4 as + 3 st + 4 to), Nichols (4 rb), Jackson (2), Weems (9 + 4 rb), Kaun (13 + 4 rb), Hines (7 + 5 rb), Kirilenko (2 + 3 rb)…

Nizhniy Novgorod: Viktorov (2), Mekel (4 + 3 to), Parakhovskiy (6 + 7 rb + 4 pf), Antonov (4 + 3 rb), Kinsey (21 + 6 rb), Rochestie (16 + 9 as), Kuksiks (6), Tompkins (16 + 7 rb)…



Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
We played back-to-back important and emotional games. We had a slow start today which is inexcusable against this kind of quality opponent. In the second quarter we defended well, almost like in the fourth quarter of Olympiakos game. We experienced problems in the third quarter, Nizhny players were hot, they scored from a perimeter, they made free throws. We had various types of offense: Sasha Kaun gave us a lot inside in the beginning, then we went to our shooters. It was quite difficult to guard Tompkins who is more of a pop man. We used several defenses – zone, matchup and switches. In the last quarter we defended well though we gave up some open looks, and the opponents missed. Now we came a step closer to taking the first place in the regular season which gives home-court advantage throughout playoffs. Our next mission is the trip to Milan and Minsk.

Photos
Milos Teodosic (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Alexander  Kaun (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Sonny Weems (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Kyle Hines (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Andrey Kirilenko (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Aaron Lee Jackson (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Demetris Nichols (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Andrey Vorontsevich (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Vitaly Fridzon and Dimitris Itoudis (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Yulianna Lobanova (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Nando De Colo (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Milos Teodosic (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Andrey Kirilenko (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Alexander  Kaun (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
(photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Alexander  Kaun (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Nando De Colo (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Victor Khryapa (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
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Legs

Author: CSKAbasket.TV | Sergey Makarov

Music: Legs (ZZ Top)

Duration: 02:36