CSKA keeps 2-win lead in the EuroLeague standings but previous weeks made the situation a bit more difficult. “Madrid has a tough gym to play but it’s a kind of get-back game for us,” Aaron Jackson said.
“First, I wish Happy New Year to everyone, to stay healthy in crazy world we live be in, where so many tragic things happen,” CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis said. “We are coming to Madrid after two consecutive losses and we need to bounce back. Real and CSKA form great historical rivalry that brings interesting games to the fans. Madrid is very strong this year as usually, they are chasing us in the standings so we need to play with maximum effort and dedication in order to succeed.”
The Army Men are on the double trip: right after the game in Spanish capital the team will go to Minsk for the VTB League game vs Tsmoki. All available players boarded the plane to Madrid, only Pavel Korobkov (knee surgery) stayed in Moscow.
“Relativity” connections
Semen Antonov and Trey Thompkins were teammates at Nizhny Novgorod when the club made its EuroLeague debut in 2014-15.
Nikita Kurbanov and Anthony Randolph were teammates at Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar during the 2014-15 season.
Jaycee Carroll and James Augustine were teammates at Gran Canaria for the 2009-10 season.
Victor Khryapa and Andres Nocioni played for the Chicago Bulls from 2006 to 2008.
Jeff Ayres and Rudy Fernandez played for the Portland Trail Blazers in 2010-11 season.
Important numbers
CSKA has won 12 consecutive games in the competition, and 13 straight EuroLeague games on its home floor.
Andrey Vorontsevich to play his 500th official game for CSKA.
Nando De Colo has recorded a performance index rating in double figures in 37 consecutive EuroLeague games.
De Colo is back to first place in EuroLeague history in free throw accuracy. He has 92.33%, just in front of Zalgiris Kaunas head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius (92.26%).
De Colo needs 6 steals to reach the century-mark for his EuroLeague career.
Milos Teodosic has made multiple three-pointers in 23 of the last 24 EuroLeague games.
Teodosic has a streak of at least 5 assists in eight consecutive EuroLeague games.
Teodosic ranks fourth all-time in assists, with 972. He needs 5 more to catch his former teammate Theo Papaloukas who is third with 977 assists.
Teodosic leads EuroLeague with 8.6 assists per game after Round 5.
Cory Higgins ranks first in competition history in three-point shooting accuracy at 52.78%.
Victor Khryapa needs 1 more steal to crack the EuroLeague all-time top 10. He enters the game with 215 career steals; former CSKA star Trajan Langdon (216 steals) sits in 10th place.
Khryapa needs 2 more assists to reach 500 for his EuroLeague career. He is 20th on the competition’s career charts with 498.
Kyle Hines needs 1 assist to reach the century mark for his EuroLeague career.
Past matchups
Wins-losses: 26-1-13
1962-63 – Euroleague. Final. Real – CSKA: 86-69 (-17)
1962-63 – Euroleague. Final. CSKA – Real: 91-74 (+17)
1962-63 – Euroleague. Final. CSKA – Real: 99-80 (+19)
1964-65 – Euroleague. Final. CSKA – Real: 88-81 (+7)
1964-65 – Euroleague. Final. Real – CSKA: 76-62 (-14)
1968-69 – Euroleague. Group stage. Real – CSKA: 67-69 (+2)
1968-69 – Euroleague. Group stage. CSKA – Real: 78-89 (-11)
1968-69 – Euroleague. Final. CSKA – Real: 103-99 2ÎÒ (+4)
1970-71 – Euroleague. Group stage. CSKA – Real: 73-66 (+7)
1970-71 – Euroleague. Group stage. Real – CSKA: 58-60 (+2)
1976-77 – Euroleague. 2nd group stage. Real – CSKA: 92-111 (+19)
1976-77 – Euroleague. 2nd group stage. CSKA – Real: 113-111 (+2)
1980-81 – Euroleague. 2nd group stage. Real – CSKA: 104-80 (-24)
1980-81 – Euroleague. 2nd group stage. CSKA – Real: 85-80 (+5)
1982-83 – Euroleague. Group stage. CSKA – Real: 90-93 (-3)
1982-83 – Euroleague. Group stage. Real – CSKA: 91-91 (0)
1984-85 – Euroleague. Group stage. CSKA – Real: 85-97 (-12)
1984-85 – Euroleague. Group stage. Real – CSKA: 84-72 (-12)
1994-95 – Euroleague. Group stage. Real – CSKA: 97-81 (-16)
1994-95 – Euroleague. Group stage. CSKA – Real: 84-82 (+2)
1995-96 – Euroleague. 3rd place game. CSKA – Real: 74-73 (+1)
1997-98 – Euroleague. 1st group stage. CSKA – Real: 90-77 (+13)
1997-98 – Euroleague. 1st group stage. Real – CSKA: 101-93 (-8)
2001-02 – Euroleague. Regular season. CSKA – Real: 77-92 (-15)
2001-02 – Euroleague. Regular season. Real – CSKA: 82-86 (+4)
2002-03 – Euroleague. Regular season. CSKA – Real: 90-75 (+15)
2002-03 – Euroleague. Regular season. Real – CSKA: 80-93 (+13)
2004-05 – Euroleague. Top 16: Real – CSKA: 94-95 ÎÒ (+1)
2004-05 – Euroleague. Top 16: CSKA – Real: 89-73 (+16)
2005-06 – Euroleague. Regular season. CSKA – Real: 64-52 (+12)
2005-06 – Euroleague. Regular season. Real – CSKA: 71-80 ÎÒ (+9)
2008-09 – Euroleague. Regular season. Real – CSKA: 54-58 (+4)
2008-09 – Euroleague. Regular season. CSKA – Real: 78-82 (-4)
2012-13 – Euroleague. Top 16. Real – CSKA: 86-78 ÎÒ (-8)
2012-13 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Real: 81-72 ÎÒ (+9)
2013-14 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Real: 85-71 (+14)
2013-14 – Euroleague. Top 16. Real – CSKA: 93-79 (-14)
2015-16 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Real: 95-81 (+14)
2015-16 – Euroleague. Top 16. Real – CSKA: 87-96 (+9)
2016-17 – Euroleague. Regular season. CSKA – Real: 91-90 (+1)
Short dossier
Real Madrid, Spain
Founded: 1931
Colors: white, blue
Home court: Barclaycard Center (15,000)
President: Florentino Perez
Head coach: Pablo Laso
Website: www.realmadrid.es
Trophy case:
9-time Euroleague champion (1963-64, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1973-74, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1994-95, 2014-15);
ULEB Cup winner (2007);
Korac Cup winner (1988);
4-time Saporta Cup winner (1983-84, 1988-89, 1991-92, 1996-97);
33-time Spanish champion (1956-57, 1957-58, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1999-00, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16);
25-time Copa del Rey winner (1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993, 2012, 2015, 2016);
4-time Spanish SuperCup winner (1985, 2012, 2013, 2014);
4-time Intercontinental Cup winner (1976, 1977, 1978, 2015)
