CSKA sweeps Fenerbahce to cinch 9th straight Final Four
CSKA Moscow didn’t waste any opportunity and finished off Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul on its first chance with a convincing 68-85 victory on the road to complete a 3-0 sweep for a ninth consecutive appearance in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four. CSKA gave up the first 12 points of the game, but came back and took control of it for good with a 6-35 run spanning the second and third quarters. Will Clyburn was unstoppable with 34 points and a performance index rating of 38, while Iffe Lundberg chipped in 22 points and Johannes Voigtmann 11. Fenerbahce was swept from the playoffs for the first time and the club’s streak of five straight Final Four appearances was snapped. Nando De Colo led the way with 22 points while Marko Guduric had 10 points in the loss.
Apr 24, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print
The only Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs series that is tied after two games produced co-MVPs of the Week as Kevin Pangos of Zenit St Petersburg and Brandon Davies of FC Barcelona shared performance index ratings of 33 in their teams respective victories. Zenit struck first, taking Game 1 by 74-76 on Wednesday as Pangos scored game-high 19 points, making all 3 of his two-point attempts while knocking down 4 of 6 three-pointers. The Zenit playmaker also dished a personal playoffs high of 9 assists to go with 3 rebounds and 7 fouls drawn. Davies returned the favor by leading Barcelona to an 81-78 overtime win in Game 2 between them. He had team highs of 22 points and 8 rebounds while his 12 free throws made tied the high in any playoffs game since 2012. Following the co-MVPs this week was D.J. Seeley of FC Bayern Munich, whose 23 points on 5-for-5 three-point shooting, 6 rebounds and 2 steals fueled
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Defense gives CSKA a 2-0 lead
CSKA Moscow moved within a victory of a record-breaking ninth consecutive Final Four when it downed visiting Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul by 78-67 on Friday in Game 2 of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs. With a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series, CSKA will have at three chances, if needed, to reach its ninth consecutive Final Four, which no team has done before. Game 3 will be in Istanbul next Wednesday. Fenerbahce led 32-35 before CSKA used a 14-2 run to take a 50-42 halftime lead. Fenerbahce held CSKA without a field goal for the first 8 minutes of the third quarter to cut the difference to 52-51, but couldn t tie or go ahead, after which CSKA slowly pulled away. Daniel Hackett led the winners with 14 points and 9 assists. Tornike Shengelia added 11 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, while Nikia Kurbanov chipped in 10 points. Marko Guduric led Fenerbahce with 27 points while Nando De Colo and Danilo Barthel had 9 each.
Apr 19, 2021 by Euroleague.net/graphics by Darius Garuolis Print
CSKA Moscow returns to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs with the home-court advantage in its series. The accomplishment is particularly remarkable in a season plagued by injuries - only Nikita Kurbanov took part in all of the team s 34 regular-season games. To paraphrase Coach Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA survived a marathon of games and finished second in the standings.
Offensive rebounds, defense and taking good care of the ball allowed CSKA to stay strong and consistent.
As seen in this graphic, CSKA led the competition in offensive (12.8 orpg.) and total rebounds (36.0 rpg.). It set a EuroLeague record for most offensive rebounds in a game, 30, and losing Nikola Milutinov (4.4 orpg.) to injury didn t slow CSKA down. It is then only logical that CSKA also led the EuroLeague in second-chance points, and that rebounding helped the team finish fourth in PIR (93.7).