First loss in Megasport

23.12.2016
Nikita Kurbanov (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Euroleague finalists meeting ended up with a loss for our team. CSKA missed a chance to win in regulation and let Fener win in overtime.

CSKA Moscow vs. Fenerbahce Istanbul: 79-95 (-16)


CSKA: Teodosic (21 + 5 rb + 5 as + 9 to), Augustine (5 + 6 rb + 5 pf), Fridzon (2), Jackson (11 + 6 as), Antonov (3 + 4 rb), Freeland (2), Vorontsevich (15 + 5 rb), Higgins (2 + 3 to), Khryapa (2 + 6 rb), Kurbanov (12 + 4 rb), Hines (4 + 3 rb + 4 to)…

Fenerbahce: Udoh (17 + 11 rb + 5 bs + 4 pf), Mahmutoglu (8), Antic (4 + 4 pf), Sloukas (3 + 5 pf), Nunnally (11 + 4 st + 3 to), Vesely (10 + 4 rb), Kalinic (13 + 4 pf), Dixon (25 + 3 rb + 6 as + 4 st + 4 pf), Datome (4 + 3 to)…



Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
Congratulations to Fener for their win; they were much better in overtime. But if we want to see the whole game, we started very well and did exactly what we wanted both offensively and defensively. It was a pretty good defensive night for us. Although the scoreboard says 95 points, 20 were in overtime. But we gave up a lot of balls as a result of their pressure and some offensive mistakes and bad spacing. We had 23 turnovers and gave Fener the opportunity to score some easy baskets. In overtime the first couple of minutes decided the outcome and we couldn’t bounce back. We’re still first in the standings, we have wise players and we will bounce back for sure.

Photos
Milos Teodosic (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Aaron Jackson (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Andrey Vorontsevich (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
James Augustine (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Kyle Hines (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Semen Antonov (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Vitaly Fridzon (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Joel Freeland (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Cory Higgins (photo: cskabasket.com)
Victor Khryapa (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Dmitriy Kulagin (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Nikita Kurbanov (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
(photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
CSKA fans (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Julia 	Khrunina (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
(photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
(photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Aaron Jackson (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Cory Higgins (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Andrey Vorontsevich (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Kyle Hines (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Dimitris 	Itoudis (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Nikita Kurbanov (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
CSKA (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Kyle Hines (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)