Pre-game breakdown
The Army Men did not have VTB League game this weekend so the coaches gave two days off to the team after win over Brose Bamberg.
No doubts that the arena will be sold out for the game.
Real has Sergio Llull, Gustavo Ayon and Ognjen Kuzmic are out long term for Real Madrid. Anthony Randolph is back after missing two months with shoulder injury.
Pre-game quotes
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
It will be another difficult EuroLeague game. We need our full motivation and concentration. Literally: in this kind of game you have to be focused from first to last second of the game in order to win it.
Nikita Kurbanov, CSKA forward:
Real is a very talented team, they are among EuroLeague leaders, they have great offensive stats, they defend and rebound well. We had tough time against them in Madrid so we have to show what we can do in front of our crowd. We have our plan for the game so the most important thing is to execute what the coach asks us to do.
Referees
Sasa Pukl (Crew Chief, Slovenia), Milivoje Jovcic (Serbia), Carmelo Paternico (Italy).
“Relativity” connections
Sergio Rodriguez played for Madrid from 2010 to 2016 and in those six seasons he was named 2014 EuroLeague MVP and helped the team make four Final Four appearances and win the 2015 title. He was a teammate of current Madrid players Sergio Llull and Felipe Reyes for his entire time there, played five seasons under Coach Pablo Laso and was a teammate for five seasons with Rudy Fernandez and Jaycee Carroll. Rodriguez also played alongside Facundo Campazzo, Jonas Maciulis, Gustavo Ayon, Luka Doncic, Trey Thompkins and Jeffrey Taylor during his years in Madrid.
Othello Hunter played for Real Madrid last season and helped the team compile the best regular season record and reach the Final Four.
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.
Important numbers
Coach Dimitris Itoudis has used 11 different players in the CSKA starting lineup so far this season. No player has started every game.
Kyle Hines has not missed a EuroLeague game since January 2014; he has appeared in 131 consecutive games for CSKA in that span.
Nando De Colo has scored in double figures and posted a performance index rating in double figures in 16 of his last 17 EuroLeague games.
Nando De Colo is ranked second among qualified EuroLeague players this season in average performance index rating with 20.7 per game. He is third in the EuroLeague in scoring with 16.8 points.
De Colo has made 38 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. He leads the league in free-throw accuracy this season by making 96.3% of his attempts. Nando is the EuroLeague career leader in free throw accuracy at 93.76%.
De Colo ranks second in three-point shooting at 51.7% accuracy.
De Colo is tied for fourth in the EuroLeague this season with 1.5 steals per game.
Sergio Rodriguez has made multiple three-pointers in 13 of his last 14 EuroLeague games. He is second in the EuroLeague this season with 3 three-pointers made per game.
Sergio Rodriguez is eighth on the all-time EuroLeague assists charts with 857. Brose Bamberg’s Nikos Zisis is seventh with 860 and counting.
Will Clyburn is tied for fourth in the EuroLeague in rebounding with 6.2 rebounds per game.
Othello Hunter is fourth in the league in offensive rebounds with 2.7 per game.
Kyle Hines is fourth on the all-time EuroLeague charts with 424 offensive rebounds for his career. He needs 17 more to catch Ioannis Bourousis (439) for third place.
Khryapa is ranked eighth on the all-time charts with 241 career steals. Juan Carlos Navarro of FC Barcelona Lassa is seventh with 246 and counting.
Khryapa is seventh on the all-time charts with 161 blocks for his career. He needs 1 more to catch Mirza Begic who has 162 in sixth place.
Past matchups
Wins-losses: 27-1-15
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)
2016-17 – Euroleague. Regular season. Real – CSKA: 95-85 (-10)
2016-17 – Euroleague. 3rd place game. Real – CSKA: 70-94 (+24)
2017-18 – Euroleague. Regular season. Real – CSKA: 82-69 (-13)
Short dossier
Real Madrid, Spain
Founded: 1931
Colors: white, blue
Home court: WiZink 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);
27-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, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017);
4-time Spanish SuperCup winner (1985, 2012, 2013, 2014);
4-time Intercontinental Cup winner (1976, 1977, 1978, 2015)
