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CSKA defeated Virtus
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CSKA basketball players completed half the distance of the first group stage of the Euroleague ULEB on a positive note, defeating them on their home court - 79:53. After the opening quarter, the army team led by eight points, and gained the lion's share of their final advantage in the final period, which they won with a score of 22:7.Six players of the “red-blues” brought a double-digit number of points to the team treasury - Lithuanian Siskauskas (16), Australian with a Danish passport Andersen (13), Americans Langdon (12) and Gori (12), Greek Zisis (11) and the champion Europe 2007 as part of the Russian national team Holden (10).
“This victory was very important for us. In the last round, Virtus played very well against Olimpia, and we also played a decent match with Tau. After a good start in the first quarter, in the second we began to make too many losses,” the official website of PBC CSKA quotes the words of the head coach of the Muscovites, Italian Ettore Messina. - Just imagine, we made six mistakes in ten minutes, despite the fact that we usually lose seven goals per match, and in Vitoria we were limited to three. After the long break, and more specifically from the 25th to 35th minute of the match, we showed completely different basketball: smart and fast. Overall, we are very pleased with this segment. Overall, I think the game left a favorable impression, especially in terms of rebounding and defense. We still have problems with injured players: Smodis and Savrasenko will not be able to help us in the near future, Papaloukas has started running, but he most likely will not have time to recover in time for the game with Khimki. David Andersen was injured in today's match. His chin is cut. But, thank God, you only need a couple of stitches.”
In another match of Group A, the Italian Montepaschi beat the Greek Olympiacos at home - 86:84. The fights “Zalgiris” (Lithuania) - “Tau” (Spain) and “Olympia” (Slovenia) - “Sopot” (Poland) took place late yesterday evening. Regardless of their outcome, CSKA, with six wins in seven matches, is the sole leader of the group.
The Dynamo team barely defeated the modest “Post”
Second round matches were played in the Women's Volleyball Champions League. Both Russian clubs won. "Zarechye-Odintsovo" in Poland beat the local "Kalisz" - 3:2 (25:18, 25:18, 16:25, 22:25, 15:10). The best among the guests was Lyubov Sokolova, who celebrated her birthday with 29 points.
In the same group “B” a sensation occurred. The Azerbaijani "Azerrail", which crushingly lost to "Zarechye" in the opening round (one of the games ended with a score of 5:25), upset the Turkish "Fenerbahce" on their site - 3:2. The Russian club is the sole leader in this quartet with two wins.
The capital's Dynamo team, still forced to perform without the injured Elena Godina and Lesya Makhno, not without difficulty defeated the modest Austrian club Post (Schwechat) - 3:0 (30:28, 25:23, 25:15). Also in Group E, Martinus from Amstelveen, which actually represents the Dutch national team, defeated the Spanish Marijal (Tenerife) on the road - 3:0. Martinus has two victories. Dynamo and the team from the Canary Islands have one each.
Iverson's scoring feat did not save Denver
Basketball. NBA. Regular season. “Denver” – “Lakers” – 107:111, “San Antonio” – “Dallas” – 97:95, “Houston” – “Memphis” – 105:92, “New Orleans” - - Detroit - 76:91, New Jersey - New York - 93:100, Philadelphia - Boston - 103:113, Washington - Cleveland -- 105:86, "Toronto" -- "Phoenix" -- 123:136, "Charlotte" -- "Chicago" -- 82:91, "Seattle" -- "Clippers" -- 95:88, "Golden" State - Milwaukee - 120:90.
Despite the fact that Denver leader Allen Iverson set the scoring record this season with 51 points, his team still suffered a defeat. “Iverson absolutely terrorized our defense and caused a lot of trouble,” Lakers head coach Phil Jackson admitted after the game. Still, the residents of the Lake District managed to find an antidote to Iverson, because in the first three quarters he scored 49 points, and in the final 12 minutes - only 2.