The club from Vitoria is not named Laboral Kutxa as it was in the Final Four in Berlin anymore. The team bore sponsorship names for many years though in fact Baskonia remained its real name. Now, when the financial company does not provide money appropriate to mention its name in the official documents, the club just returned its historical label.
“Baskonia has size and speed at the same time,” CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis. “They rely on their big men Voigtmann and Bargnani who play pops after screens most of the time, Tillie and Diop help them a lot. Their point of emphasis in the post is Shengelia. Larkin is the center of their offense; he creates off pick-and-rolls and isolations, he drives and kicks. Beaubois, Blazic, Hanga are capable to create damage for opponent teams. We expect it to be difficult, our opponents play good and aggressive basketball, so we need our full attention to every aspect of the game, another one in our long marathon.”
Important numbers
CSKA has won 15 consecutive home games in the competition.
Nando De Colo has recorded a performance index rating in double figures in 39 consecutive EuroLeague games.
De Colo is in the first place in EuroLeague history in free throw accuracy. He has 92.63%, in front of Zalgiris Kaunas head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius (92.26%).
De Colo needs 4 steals to reach the century-mark for his EuroLeague career.
Milos Teodosic has made at least 1 three-pointer in 26 of the last 27 EuroLeague games.
Teodosic has a streak of at least 5 assists in 11 consecutive EuroLeague games.
Teodosic ranks third all-time in assists, with 993. He leads EuroLeague this season with 8 assists per game after Round 8.
Teodosic enters Round 9 with 2,462 points in 8th place on all-time scoring charts, and next in front of him in 7th place is Felipe Reyes (2,492), Dimitris Diamantidis (2,495) is sixth and Mike Batiste (2,496) is fifth.
Teodosic needs 38 points to reach 2,500 for his EuroLeague career.
Cory Higgins ranks first in competition history in three-point shooting accuracy at 53.16%.
Victor Khryapa is the 10th place all-time with 218 career steals. Next in front of him is Jamon Gordon (220 steals) in ninth place.
James Augustine is the EuroLeague career leader among active, qualified players in two-point shooting accuracy at 65.47%.
Past matchups
Wins-losses: 20-6
2001-02 – Euroleague. Top 16: TAU Ceramica – CSKA: 73-87 (+14)
2001-02 – Euroleague. Top 16: CSKA – TAU Ceramica: 73-90 (-17)
2003-04 – Euroleague. Top 16: TAU Ceramica – CSKA: 77-80 (+3)
2003-04 – Euroleague. Top 16: CSKA – TAU Ceramica: 84-82 (+2)
2004-05 – Euroleague. Regular season: CSKA – TAU Ceramica: 88-83 (+5)
2004-05 – Euroleague. Regular season: TAU Ceramica – CSKA: 81-85 (+4)
2004-05 – Euroleague. Final Four. Semifinal: CSKA – TAU Ceramica: 78-85 (-7)
2005-06 – Euroleague. Top 16: CSKA – TAU Ceramica: 82-76 (+6)
2005-06 – Euroleague. Top 16: TAU Ceramica – CSKA: 70-63 (-7)
2007-08 – Euroleague. Regular season: TAU Ceramica – CSKA: 76-85 (+9)
2007-08 – Euroleague. Regular season: CSKA – TAU Ceramica: 70-62 (+8)
2007-08 – Euroleague. Final Four. Semifinal: TAU Ceramica – CSKA: 79-83 (+4)
2009-10 – Euroleague. Regular season: Caja Laboral – CSKA: 67-71 (+4)
2009-10 – Euroleague. Regular season: CSKA – Caja Laboral: 84-83 (+1)
2009-10 – Euroleague. Quarterfinals: CSKA – Caja Laboral: 86-63 (+23)
2009-10 – Euroleague. Quarterfinals: CSKA – Caja Laboral: 83-63 (+20)
2009-10 – Euroleague. Quarterfinals: Caja Laboral – CSKA: 66-53 (-13)
2009-10 – Euroleague. Quarterfinals: Caja Laboral – CSKA: 70-74 (+4)
2012-13 – Euroleague. Quarterfinals: CSKA – Caja Laboral: 89-78 (+11)
2012-13 – Euroleague. Quarterfinals: CSKA – Caja Laboral: 90-68 (+22)
2012-13 – Euroleague. Quarterfinals: Caja Laboral – CSKA: 93-72 (-21)
2012-13 – Euroleague. Quarterfinals: Caja Laboral – CSKA: 85-94 (+9)
2014-15 – Euroleague. Top 16: CSKA – Laboral Kutxa: 99-90 (+9)
2014-15 – Euroleague. Top 16: Laboral Kutxa – CSKA: 74-81 (+7)
2015-16 – Euroleague. Top 16: Laboral Kutxa – CSKA: 81-71 (-10)
2015-16 – Euroleague. Top 16: CSKA – Laboral Kutxa: 90-78 (+12)
Short dossier
Baskonia Vitoria, Spain
Founded: 1959
Colors: red, dark blue, white
Home arena: Fernando Buesa Arena (15,504)
President: Jose Antonio Querejeta
Head coach: Alfonso “Sito” Alonso
Website: www.baskonia.com
Trophy case: 2-time Spanish champion (2002, 08); 5-time Copa del Rey winner (1995, 99, 2002, 04, 06); 4-time Spanish SuperCup winner (2005, 06, 07, 08); Saporta Cup winner (1996)
