We will stay first

27.03.2016
Nando De Colo (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
The visitors from Riga fought hard but the Muscovites got well-deserved victory. CSKA secured the first spot in the VTB League regular season.

CSKA vs. VEF Riga: 101-93 (+8)


CSKA: De Colo (25 + 6 as + 3 to + 4 pf), D.Kulagin (3), Teodosic (2 + 6 as), Fridzon (13), Nichols (11 + 3 rb + 2 bs), Jackson (7 + 4 as), Korobkov (4), Lazarev (2), Vorontsevich (9 + 5 rb + 5 pf), Higgins (8), Kurbanov (5 + 9 rb), Hines (12)…

VEF Riga: Miles (2), Mejeris (13 + 7 rb + 5 pf), Cruz (17 + 7 as + 3 to + 4 pf), Geks (3), Harrellson (11 + 3 rb + 4 pf), Rubio (7 + 5 pf), Bostic (11 + 7 rb + 5 pf), Berzins (19 + 6 rb), Meiers (8 + 4 rb), Jakovics (2 + 3 rb + 4 as + 3 to)…




Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
Congratulations to our team with the first spot in VTB League regular championship earned with two games to go. We had to fight for the control of the game through all 40 minutes and we managed to control it. As I said before the game, rebounds on our glass has become a problem but we made corrections in the halftime. VEF had 16 offensive boards in the first half and we allowed them to take just 3 in the second. One of my tasks was to share the playing time and it was fulfilled.


Photos
Vitaly Fridzon (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Kyle Hines (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Demetris Nichols (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Andrey Vorontsevich (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Cory Higgins (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Aaron Lee Jackson (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Nikita Kurbanov (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Pаvel Korobkov (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Dmitriy Kulagin (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Milos Teodosic (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Ivan Lazarev (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
CSKA (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
CSKA dance team (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Nando De Colo (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Vitaly Fridzon (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Kyle Hines (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Nikita Kurbanov (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Demetris Nichols (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Andrey Vorontsevich (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Nando De Colo (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Cory Higgins (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)