CSKA Moscow and Zalgiris Kaunas made it to the title game in the Kamkabel International Junior Tournament, which in its third season and has developed into a championship in its own right.
CSKA - AEK: 78-46
Zalgiris Kaunas became the first team to reach the final by winning its group on ponts differential with Maccabi Tel Aviv and Montepaschi Siena. Zalgiris needed to win by 3 points or more to advance, but all-around forward Vilmantas Dilys 2 three-pointers in crunch time to seal the outcome in the final 2 minutes to make his team beat Montepaschi 74-80. He finished the game with 29 points on 9-for-12 shooting, while Povilas Butkevicius had a monster perfomance with 24 points and 20 rebounds. Luigi Datome led Siena with 17 points and 12 rebounds for his second double-double of the day, since he led Montepaschi to a 97-94 win against Maccabi with 38 points and 19 rebounds. Meanwhile, CSKA Moscow is the only team unbeaten in the competition by downing AEK Athens 78-46 in a do-or-die game for both teams. Yaroslav Korolev was the man of CSKA with 18 points, most of them in the opening half.
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