As soon as the Rossiya charter flight landed in Greek capital it was already obvious that the game will be friendly one in fact. The earlier results assured that CSKA finishes first in a group, Laboral stays second, followed by Barcelona and Real.
“We secured the first spot in our group but that does not changes our attitude,” CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis said. “We have some difficulties but they don’t influence our motivation. They are aggressive team and they are even more aggressive defensively at home, stats confirm it. They definitely have quality, they played in three previous final games of Euroleague. So we expect it to be a fight, and we will try hard to get the win.”
“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: 18-12
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)
2015-16 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Olympiacos: 92-85 (+7)
Important numbers
CSKA is the Euroleague’s top-scoring team with an average of 91.8 points per game. CSKA leads the league in performance index rating (107.6) and in both three-point shots made (234) and accuracy (42.7%).
Nando De Colo leads the Euroleague in performance index rating this season with an average of 24.2 per game and in scoring with 19.7 points per game.
De Colo has made at least 1 three-pointer in 12 straight Euroleague games.
De Colo has scored in double figures in each of his last 26 appearances.
De Colo has made 19 consecutive free throws in Euroleague action. Having made 92.4% of his free throws, he is the most accurate free throw shooter in Euroleague history.
Teodosic has made multiple three-pointers in each of his last 14 Euroleague games. Teodosic has made at least 1 three-pointer in 45 of his last 46 Euroleague games.
Teodosic needs 3 more three-pointers to catch retired Jaka Lakovic for third place on the list of most three-pointers made in competition history. Teodosic enters this week’s game with 378 career threes.
Teodosic has scored in double figures in each of his last 13 Euroleague games.
Teodosic has made 10 consecutive free throws in Euroleague action.
Cory Higgins is the league leader in three-point accuracy at 55.1%. He has made 27 of 49 threes this season.
Kyle Hines has 139 career blocked shots and with his next rejection will tie Denis Marconato for seventh place on the Euroleague career list.
Andrey Vorontsevich has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last six Euroleague games.
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)
