Turkish Airlines EuroLeague PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON - ROUND 25
Mar 08, 2019 CET: 18:00 LOCAL TIME: 20:00 MEGASPORT ARENA CSKA MOSCOW 41 KURBANOV, NIKITA 7 UKHOV, IVAN 11 2.02 Born: 1986 1.93 Born: 1995 ANTONOV, SEMEN 30 2.02 Born: 1989 KULAGIN, MIKHAIL 1.91 Born: 1994 AX ARMANI EXCHANGE OLIMPIA MILAN 32 BROOKS, JEFF 23 2.03 Born: 1989 BURNS, CHRISTIAN 20 CINCIARINI, ANDREA 00 2.03 Born: 1985 1.93 Born: 1986 DELLA VALLE, AMEDEO 1.93 Born: 1993 @MikeKulagin 28 LOPATIN, ANDREI 21 2.08 Born: 1998 CLYBURN, WILL 1 2.01 Born: 1990 DE COLO, NANDO 1.96 Born: 1987 13 FONTECCHIO, SIMONE 7 GUDAITIS, ARTURAS 2 2.03 Born: 1995 2.08 Born: 1993 JAMES, MIKE 1.85 Born: 1990 @nandodecolo @TheNatural_05 23 55 HACKETT, DANIEL 22 1.93 Born: 1987 HIGGINS, CORY 1.96 Born: 1989 @chiggins11 42 19 1.85 Born: 1987 KUZMINSKAS, MINDAUGAS 2.05 Born: 1989 @Mkuzminskas HINES, KYLE JERRELLS, CURTIS 1.98 Born: 1986 5 MICOV, VLADIMIR 2.01 Born: 1985 @SirHines 44 HUNTER, OTHELLO 2.03 Born: 1986 16 NEDOVIC, NEMANJA 1.91 Born: 1991 @nedovic1624 5 PETERS, ALEC 13 2.06 Born: 1995 RODRIGUEZ, SERGIO 1.91 Born: 1986 15 TARCZEWSKI, KALEB 11 2.13 Born: 1993 GRAVAGHI, FRANCESCO 1.95 Born: 2003 @SergioRodriguez 20 VORONTSEVICH, ANDREY 2.07 Born: 1987 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES 92 OMIC, ALEN 2.16 Born: 1992 EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 1
Mar 08, 2019 CET: 18:00 LOCAL TIME: 20:00 MEGASPORT ARENA CSKA MOSCOW 3 BOLOMBOY, JOEL 12 NUNNALLY, JAMES 2.01 Born: 1990 1.97 Born: 2000 GAVRILOV, ALEXANDER 4 21 ERSHOV, ALEKSANDR 9 2.04 Born: 1994 AX ARMANI EXCHANGE OLIMPIA MILAN 1.95 Born: 1996 KHOMENKO, ALEXANDER 1.92 Born: 1999 PAST MATCH-UPS & GAME NOTES EUROLEAGUE MEDIA 2
Head-to-head records Competition EuroLeague 2018-19 Phase Home Away Result 85-90 EuroLeague 2017-18 81-107 EuroLeague 2017-18 93-84 EuroLeague 2016-17 101-64 EuroLeague 2016-17 64-79 Euroleague 2014-15 Top 16 79-88 Euroleague 2014-15 Top 16 97-75 Euroleague 2010-11 71-65 Euroleague 2010-11 73-88 Euroleague 2008-09 80-79 Euroleague 2008-09 90-64 FIBA Euroleague 96-97 First stage 87-74 FIBA Euroleague 96-97 First stage 70-55 FIBA European Champions Cup 82-83 Semifinals 94-86 FIBA European Champions Cup 82-83 Semifinals 79-78 FIBA European Champions Cup 65-66 Semifinals 57-68 3
Game facts: Coach Itoudis has used 11 different players in CSKA's starting lineups this season; no player has started in every EuroLeague game. Will Clyburn has recorded a performance index rating in double figures in 19 of his last 20 EuroLeague games. Nando De Colo has made at least 1 three-pointer in 11 of his last 12 EuroLeague appearances. De Colo has made 24 straight free throws in EuroLeague games. Andrey Vorontsevich has made 11 straight free throws in EuroLeague games. Nando De Colo ranks second in the league in scoring this season with 14.87 points per game. Cory Higgins is fourth with 14.85. Will Clyburn is fifth in the EuroLeague in average performance index rating with 18.5 per game this season and ranks fourth in rebounding with 7.0 per game. Sergio Rodriguez ranks fourth in the league in assists this season with 5.0 per game. Nando De Colo ranks second in free-throw accuracy this season with 95.77% De Colo is the EuroLeague career leader in free-throw accuracy at 93.88%. Higgins leads the league in three-point accuracy this season at 54.2%. Kyle Hines last week became only the fourth player in EuroLeague history to reach 200 career blocked shots. Hines ranks fourth all-time with 201 blocked shots. Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv big man Alex Tyus is third with 207 and counting. Hines is third in EuroLeague history with 484 offensive rebounds. Hines is 11th in competition history with 1,095 rebounds. Mike Batiste is 10th with 1,117. Sergio Rodriguez ranks fifth on the EuroLeague all-time charts with 1,050 assists for his career; Milos Teodosic and Barcelona point guard Thomas Heurtel are tied for third with 1,126 career assists. Rodriguez is 10th all-time with 353 three-point shots made; Dimitris Diamantidis is ninth with 372. Daniel Hackett needs 5 assists to reach 500 for his EuroLeague career. 4
Game facts: Mike James and Vladimir Micov have started in every EuroLeague game for Milan this season. Mike James has scored in double figures in each of his last 31 EuroLeague games and had a performance index rating in double figures in 24 of his last 25 games. James has delivered at least 5 assists in 24 of his last 25 appearances dating back to last season's playoffs. James has collected at least 1 steal in 10 of his last 11 EuroLeague games. Mindaugas Kuzminskas has made 15 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games. Mike James leads the league in scoring with 20.0 points per game. He also leads the EuroLeague in average PIR with 21.3 per game. James is second in assists this season with 6.8 per game. Arturas Gudaitis ranks fourth in the league this season in average PIR at 18.7 per game. Gudaitis ranks third in the league in rebounding with 7.1 per game and second in offensive rebounding with 3.3 per game Gudaitis is fifth this season with 1.0 blocks per game. James Nunnally leads the all-time EuroLeague charts with 50.9% career three-point accuracy. Vladimir Micov needs 1 offensive rebound to reach 100 for his career. Kaleb Tarczewski needs 1 offensive rebound to reach 100 for his career. 5
Game notes: This rivalry goes back more than half a century - dating back to the 1966 EuroLeague semifinal. It has often been one-sided. Milan won eight of the first 11 games between the sides, but CSKA has enjoyed clear dominance over Milan in recent years, winning the last seven meetings between the teams. In Round 6, CSKA edged Milan 85-90 behind Cory Higgins who scored 10 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter. Higgins earned MVP of the Round honors with a season-high PIR of 28. In the first-ever Final Four back in 1966, CSKA and Milan met in one of the semifinals played in Bologna, Italy. Milan beat CSKA 57-68 thanks to 20 points from future Hall of Famer Bill Bradley and went on to win its first European crown. Vladimir Micov played for for two seasons from 2012 to 2014, during which he reached a pair of EuroLeague Final Fours and won a pair of VTB League titles. He was a teammate there of current CSKA forward Andrey Vorontsevich for both years and with Kyle Hines during his second season with the club. CSKA guard Daniel Hackett played with Milan for a season and a half. Hackett joined Milan in December of 2013 and stayed there until the summer of 2015. Hackett was a teammate there of Curtis Jerrells. Hackett and Milan's Andrea Cinciarini have been teammates on the Italian national team. Nando De Colo earned Top 16 Round 7 MVP honors in the 2014-15 season after shining in CSKA's 97-75 victory over Milan. He tallied 18 points, 7 assists and 4 steals for a performance index rating of 29. Kaleb Tarczewski had a career-high 17 points and a career-best PIR of 25 against CSKA in January of last season. Mindaugas Kuzminskas posted his career high in index rating with 30 playing for Unicaja Malaga against CSKA in November 2015. Jeff Brooks set his new career high with 13 rebounds against CSKA in Round 6. Milan guard Mike James set his career-high with 12 assists in a Round 6 clash against CSKA earlier this season James Nunnally set his career high with 4 steals playing for Fenerbahce against CSKA in December 2016. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) 6