“Olympiacos is a great club with many experienced players and points of emphasis in their game,” CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis said. “Definitely you need confidence and courage to play in this kind of games but I think we have enough of this qualities and talent in our players to compete. Still I expect it to be a tough game, another tough game in our group where it is extremely important to protect home court. We will come out and play hard in front of our fans, I think and hope they will come in big numbers and help us.”
“Relativity” connections
Teodosic spent four seasons with Olympiacos early in his career between 2007 and 2011. Kyle Hines spent two seasons with Olympiacos from 2011 through 2013 and helped the Reds win back-to-back Euroleague titles.
Olympiakos head coach Giannis Sfairopoulos was an assistant to Jonas Kazlauskas in 2011-12 season for CSKA.
Printezis was a teammate of CSKA center Joel Freeland for parts of two seasons at Unicaja Malaga between 2009 and 2011.
Darius Johnson-Odom was a teammate of CSKA forward Nikita Kurbanov at Spartak St. Petersburg during the 2012-13 season.
Past matchups
Wins/losses: 17-12
1994-95 – European Championship for Men’s Clubs. Quarterfinals. CSKA – Olympiacos: 95-65 (+30)
1994-95 – European Championship for Men’s Clubs. Quarterfinals. Olympiacos – CSKA: 86-77 (-9)
1994-95 – European Championship for Men’s Clubs. Quarterfinals. Olympiacos – CSKA: 79-54 (-25)
1995-96 – European Championship for Men’s Clubs. Semifinal Round. CSKA – Olympiacos: 96-91 (+5)
1995-96 – European Championship for Men’s Clubs. Semifinal Round. Olympiacos – CSKA: 72-78 (+6)
1996-97 – Euroleague. Qualification Round. Olympiacos – CSKA: 82-51 (-31)
1996-97 – Euroleague. Qualification Round. CSKA – Olympiacos: 70-79 (-9)
1997-98 – Euroleague. Preliminary Round. Olympiacos – CSKA: 86-74 (-12)
1997-98 – Euroleague. Preliminary Round. CSKA – Olympiacos: 77-58 (+19)
1998-99 – Euroleague. Preliminary Round. CSKA – Olympiacos: 75-81 (-6)
1998-99 – Euroleague. Preliminary Round. Olympiacos – CSKA: 74-76 (+2)
2002-03 – Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – Olympiacos: 74-67 (+7)
2002-03 – Euroleague. Regular Season. Olympiacos – CSKA: 77-79 (+2)
2003-04 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Olympiacos: 80-66 (+14)
2003-04 – Euroleague. Top 16. Olympiacos – CSKA: 69-93 (+24)
2006-07 – Euroleague. Top 16. Olympiacos – CSKA: 64-85 (+21)
2006-07 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Olympiacos: 83-79 (+4)
2007-08 – Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – Olympiacos: 88-79 (+9)
2007-08 – Euroleague. Regular Season. Olympiacos – CSKA: 71-67 (-4)
2007-08 – Euroleague. Quarterfinals. CSKA – Olympiacos: 74-76 (-2)
2007-08 – Euroleague. Quarterfinals. Olympiacos – CSKA: 73-83 (+10)
2007-08 – Euroleague. Quarterfinals. CSKA – Olympiacos: 81-56 (+25)
2011-12 – Euroleague. Top 16. Olympiacos – CSKA: 78-86 (+8)
2011-12 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Olympiacos: 96-64 (+32)
2011-12 – Euroleague. Final. CSKA – Olympiacos: 61-62 (-1)
2012-13 – Euroleague. Semifinal. Olympiacos – CSKA: 69-52 (-17)
2014-15 – Euroleague. Top 16. Olympiacos – CSKA: 84-76 (-8)
2014-15 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Olympiacos: 76-70 (+6)
2014-15 – Euroleague. Semifinal. Olympiacos – CSKA: 70-68 (-2)
Important numbers
CSKA is the Euroleague’s top-scoring team with an average of 90.3 points per game.
Nando De Colo leads the Euroleague in performance index rating this season with an average of 23.2 per game and in scoring with 19.1 points per game.
De Colo has made multiple three-pointers in each of his last five games and is shooting 12 for 21 from downtown (57.1%) over that stretch. De Colo has made at least 1 three-pointer in 19 of his last 20 Euroleague games.
De Colo has scored in double figures in each of his last 19 Euroleague appearances.
De Colo is the Euroleague’s career leader in free throw accuracy. He’s shooting 93.0 %, having made 225 free throws out of 242 attempts over 61 games for Valencia Basket and CSKA.
Teodosic has made multiple three-pointers in each of his last six Euroleague games, Teodosic has made at least 1 three-pointer in 39 of his last 40 Euroleague games.
Teodosic has scored in double figures in each of his last six Euroleague games.
Teodosic has made 11 consecutive free throws in Euroleague action.
Andrey Vorontsevich has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven straight of his last eight Euroleague appearances.
Victor Khryapa is 1 block away from joining the competition’s all-time top 5 in blocked shots. He enters this week’s game with 143 career rejections, Injured Zalgiris big man Robertas Javtokas (144 blocks) sits in fifth place.
Khryapa is 2 assists away from cracking the competition’s career top 20. He enters this game with 476 career assists; Gianluca Basile (478) sits in 20th place.
Vitaly Fridzon is 32 points away from reaching the milestone of 1,000 points for his Euroleague career.
Short dossier
Olympiacos Pireaus, Greece
Founded: 1925
Colors: white, red
Homecourt: Peace and Friendship Stadium (10.845)
Presidents: Panagiotis and Giorgios Angelopoulos
Head Coach: Giannis Sfairopoulos
Website: www.olympiacosbc.gr
Trophy case:
- 3-time Euroleague champions (1997, 2012, 13);
- Intercontinental Cup winners (2013);
- 11-time Greek champions (1949, 1960, 1976, 1978, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2012, 2015);
- 9-time Greek Cup winners (1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2010, 2011)
