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22.03.2017
Milos Teodosic (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Our team confidently defeated Darussafaka and secured home court advantage for the Euroleague playoffs.

CSKA vs. Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul: 95-85 (+10)


CSKA: De Colo (17 + 8 as), Teodosic (20 + 10 as), Augustine (8 + 3 rb + 2 bs), Fridzon (7 + 2 bs), Jackson (2 + 4 as), Vorontsevich (8), Higgins (6 + 4 rb), Khryapa (8 + 8 rb + 4 as + 4 pf), Kurbanov (2 + 3 rb + 2 bs), Hines (17 + 8 rb + 2 bs)…

Darussafaka: Wilbekin (26), Batuk (3 + 2 bs), Wanamaker (10 + 3 rb + 6 as + 3 st + 6 to), Clyburn (13 + 5 rb + 4 pf), Moerman (9 + 6 rb), Aldemir (10 + 10 rb), Anderson (10), Zizic (3 rb), Harangody (4)…



Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
I would like to congratulate my team for its accomplishments and an excellent performance; we were the better team on the court. When you manage to beat a team with such a big roster and versatile players – when I say versatile, they do have the quality and size to play small ball, big ball, with a big three man, a big five, a small five, so they have versatile formations. We managed to limit them to 35 points in the first half and led us to a good start, giving us the confidence in our defense. Unfortunately, we lacked mobility in the third quarter; they hit some big shots and scored 27 points. We controlled the game in the fourth quarter and finished the game with almost 30 assists against such a team with big wingspans, big rotations and a lot of switches. My guys found the way to find good passes and make good plays. Having 28 assists was big; Nando and Teo combined for 18. It shows how we respect each other; we play for the guy who is open and try to find the best possible options offensively. We started this new EuroLeague with a lot of hesitations; how to get into it, what is going on, how is it going to look – and three games before the end of the regular season, we qualified with the home-court advantage in the playoffs, which is an achievement. We are not going to stop here. We have to continue playing seriously. Once again, congratulations and I would like to say ’thank you’ to our fans. They were very enthusiastic and like our team’s performance. I would like to say ’thank you’ to them.

Kyle Hines, CSKA Moscow center:
It was not an easy game today. We did a lot thanks to our creators – Milos, Jack, Cory, Nando and also Victor and assists they made. They played really well and made great opportunities for all of us. It was the biggest key of the win.


Photos
Nando De Colo (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Kyle Hines (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Andrey Vorontsevich (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Victor Khryapa (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
James Augustine (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Vitaly Fridzon (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Cory Higgins (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Nikita Kurbanov (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Aaron Jackson (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Semen Antonov (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Dimitris 	Itoudis (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
(photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Nando De Colo (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Vitaly Fridzon (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Victor Khryapa (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Andrey Vorontsevich (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Andrey Shchepankov and Andrey Vatutin (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Aaron Jackson (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
CSKA fans (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Kyle Hines (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
CSKA (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Cory Higgins (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Victor Khryapa (photo: T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Nikita Kurbanov (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Milos Teodosic (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
CSKA dance team (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)