BC Kalev/Cramo achieved a surprise victory over the most successful club in the history of the VTB United League, Moscow CSKA, beating the Russian club 107:102.
Kalev/Cramo spent the first three quarters chasing Moscow CSKA before using an 11:0 spurt to turn the game around, going from 85:90 to leading 96:90.
While CSKA managed to close the gap to within a few points, Kalev/Cramo s players continued to score to ultimately take their first win over Moscow CSKA in the history of the league.
Kalev/Cramo landed 27/37 or 73 percent of two-pointers and 58 percent of three-pointers and also won rebounds 28:24. Moscow CSKA scored 65 percent of two-pointers and 37 percent of threes.
Bayern s defense makes history at CSKA
In a battle near the top of the standings, FC Bayern Munich defeated CSKA Moscow 66-69 at Megasport Arena on Friday. Fifth-place Bayern improved its record to 14-9, while second-place CSKA dropped to 16-7 with its third consecutive home loss, a first for the club in the EuroLeague this century. Wade Baldwin led the winners with 22 points, while D.J. Seeley added 17 and Jalen Reynolds 16. Nikola Milutinov scored 16 points for CSKA, while Darrun Hilliard had 15 and Toko Shengelia 11. Milutinov scored 14 of his in the first quarter, getting help from Toko Shengelia and Alexander Khomenko as CSKA led 27-25 after 10 minutes. Bayern went up by 39-40 at halftime and eventually 48-50, but CSKA ended the third quarter with a 12-0 run for a 60-50 margin. Bayern s defense held CSKA to 6 points in the fourth quarter and an outstanding Seeley stepped up to secure a good-as-gold road victory for the visitors.
CSKA strikes back in Berlin
CSKA Moscow avenged an early-season loss and stayed perfect all-time in the German capital by downing host ALBA Berlin 68-71 on Wednesday. The victory kept CSKA in second place at 16-6, tied with leaders FC Barcelona. ALBA fell to 8-14 and remains in 14th place. It was a back-and-forth battle in which CSKA, after being up by a game-high of 12-20 but giving up the lead in the middle quarters, struck back with 12-19 final quarter prevail. Toko Shengelia led the winners, who were without top scorer Mike James, with 20 points. Daniel Hackett followed with 13, including 8 in the fourth quarter, while Nikola Milutinov registered a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds. ALBA got 15 points from Peyton Siva but otherwise spread around it s scoring and suffered from CSKA s 6-12 advantage on the offensive glass.
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Baskonia halts CSKA s streak in a thriller, 95-93
In their record 43rd Turkish Airlines EuroLeague game this century, TD System Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz stopped visiting CSKA Moscow 95-93 in a thriller that went down to the wire on Thursday. Baskonia lifted its record to 9-9 while ending CSKA s 12-game winning streak and dropping the visitors to 14-4. Baskonia led by 15 late in the first quarter and 12 after three, but CSKA rallied to go ahead 55-60 between those extremes and had a chance to win or tie until Mike James missed the game s last shot. Pierria Henry had 18 points and 10 assists to lead the winners, and Achille Polonara matched his scoring. Rokas Giedraitis added 17 points, Youssoupha Fall 16 and Luca Vildoza 12 for Baskonia, which posted its highest scoring total of the season. James had 20 points and 7 assists for CSKA, which played without injured stars Will Clyburn and Daniel Hackett. Joel Bolomboy, Janis Strelnieks and Tornike Shengelia Baskonia s long-time leader