Pyrrhic victory?

27.01.2006
David Andersen (photo euroleague.net)
CSKA made an important step with the purpose of keeping the third position in Euroleague group C that could bring some advantage at Top-16 draw by winning a road game against Real Madrid. However this defeat can turn out to be a huge problem for Army club - two leaders - David Andersen and David Vanterpool - received injuries which seriousness will be defined later.

Real - CSKA: 71-80 OT

Quick facts about the game:

• CSKA let Real to win the third quarter by 13 points. It is the worst result in a single period this season

• Theodoras Papaloukas, Nikita Kurbanov, JR Holden and Trajan Langdon spent individual record time on the court in all the official games this season

• JR Holden played his 100th Euroleague game

• Sergey Panov made his 100th assist in the Euroleague games

• David Vanterpool scored his 100th point in Euroleague this season

• Theodoras Papaloukas scored his 100th point in Euroleague this season

• Trajan Langdon spent 41:15 on the court. It is a single player's high in CSKA this season in all the official games

• CSKA won its first overtime this season

• Trajan Langdon scored his 400th point this season

Photos
Trajan Langdon (photo cskabasket.com)
David Andersen (photo cskabasket.com)
Sergey Panov (photo cskabasket.com)
Nikita Kurbanov (photo cskabasket.com)
Theodoros Papaloukas (photo cskabasket.com)
Jon Robert Holden (photo cskabasket.com)
David Vanterpool (photo cskabasket.com)
Vasiliy Zavoruev (photo cskabasket.com)
Alexey Savrasenko (photo cskabasket.com)
Time-out (photo cskabasket.com)
Ettore Messina (photo cskabasket.com)
CSKA fans (photo cskabasket.com)