CSKA ahead of schedule by the final of the four Euroleague ULEB

The basketball players of the Moscow CSKA won the penalty match of the penultimate, fifth round of the second group stage of the Euroleague ULEB in Moscow near the Spanish Club Tau Ceramics with a score of 84:82 and early became the winners of the group D, reserved a place in the final of four, which will begin on April 29 in Tel Aviva. Now their assets have five victories in five matches of the second stage, and Taugres has three victories with two defeats.

The wards of Dushan Ivkovich as hospitable owners allowed guests to take possession of the initiative. In the first quarter of the meeting, the separation of Tau Ceramics reached 11 points. However, the next two ten -minute remained with the army team. In the final quarter, 1 minute before the end of CSKA was second to 5 points. But thanks to the efforts of the American and Greek legionnaires of the black John Robert Holden and Theodoras Papalukas, they not only equalized the score, but also managed to tear out the victory.

The most effective CSKA had Mirsad Turkan - 18 points, Holden (17), Marcus Brown (15) and Papalukas (11).

“First of all, I want to congratulate CSKA on the release of four,” said Dushan Ivkovich. “In the first quarter we defended poorly and allowed the opponent to score a lot of light goals. Almost all the distant shots of Tau performed without resistance. We were able to show character at the end of the meeting. Now we have the final of the Russian Championship and the play of the Russian Championship. We start with tomorrow's day. Preparation for these matches.

In the final round, the army team will meet on April 7 in Zagreb with the Croatian Tsibon.