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Kazan
28 January 2022 Friday / 19:00 MSK
Basket Hall
75
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CSKA
Jan 28 (Fri):
LIVE (for Russia): Match TV, MatchTV.ru, Sportbox.ru
LIVE (pay): Euroleague.tv
22:40: Match! Strana

Jan 29 (Sat):
0:05, 11:50: Match! Igra
10:05: Match! Strana
CSKA
27.01.2022

Our team went to Kazan to play a EuroLeague game vs UNICS which is still unbeaten by the Army Men this season…

Another try

PRE-GAME BREAKDOWN

Velimir Perasovic’s team is one of the most uncomfortable opponents for the Muscovites this season. Both games – VTB League’s one at Kazan and Euroleague’s at Moscow – turned out to be a victories for the “greens”.

The Red-Blues practiced at Krylatskoe in the afternoon and went to Sheremetyevo right after. The team will be shorthanded again, the roster will be announced before the game.

REFEREES

Milivoje Jovcic (Serbia, Crew Chief), Damir Javor (Slovenia), Uros Nikolic (France).

PRE-GAME QUOTES

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

Our opponents play good, aggressive basketball, they have a lot of skills on open court and isolations, they fight on boards and they play great defense. Actually they generate a lot of points off their defense. This is the team that beat us twice this season, we know pluses and minuses, weaknesses and good things that they have, we have serious opponent in front of us.

Alexander Khomenko, CSKA guard:

UNICS is an aggressive team, they play with a lot of energy, they run very well after defense, they have a lot of shooters. We need to resist this, to stop them.

IMPORTANT NUMBERS

Will Clyburn has made at least 1 three-point shot in five of his last six games.

Marius Grigonis has made at least 1 three-point shot in five of his last six games.

Alexey Shved has made multiple three-pointers in eight of his last nine games.

Shved is seventh all-time with 453 three-point shots made for his career. Milos Teodosic is sixth with 471.

Shved has made 12 consecutive free throws. Grigonis has made 11 consecutive free throws.

Marius Grigonis is ranked second all-time in free throw accuracy at 92.4%.

Shved is in 11th place all-time with 602 free throws made for his career. Mike James of AS Monaco is 10th with 613 and counting.

Shved ranks 10th all-time in scoring with 2,959 points. Mike James of AS Monaco is ninth with 3,021 and counting.

Shved ranks 13th on the all-time charts with 851 assists. Nando De Colo of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is 12th with 862 and counting.

Nikola Milutinov had multiple offensive rebounds in nine straight games.

Milutinov ranks seventh on the all-time list with 499 offensive rebounds. Jan Vesely of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is fifth with 506.

Milutinov had 5 or more rebounds in seven of his last eight games.

Johannes Voigtmann ranks fifth in the league this season in two-point shooting at 70.7%.

PAST MATCHUPS

Wins-losses: 81-22

CSKA biggest margin of victory: 102-54 (+48) (1997-98 Russian Championship. Quarterfinal)
UNICS biggest margin of victory: 113-77 (-36) (2000-01 Russian Superleague. Regular season. 2nd stage)

Games of 2021-22 Season:

07-Nov-2021. VTB League Regular Season. UNICS – CSKA: 69-64 (-5)
15-Dec-2021. EuroLeague. Regular Season. CSKA – UNICS: 67-88 (-21)

SHORT DOSSIER

UNICS Kazan

Founded: 1991
Color: green, black, white
Home court: Basket Hall (7,500)
President: Evgeny Bogachev
Head coach: Velimir Perasovic
Website: www.unics.ru
Trophy case:
- EuroCup winner (2011),
- FIBA Europe League winner (2004),
- 4-time Russian League runner-up (2001, 2002, 2004, 2007),
- 6-time Russian League bronze winner (2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011),
- NEBL champion (2003),
- 3-time Russian Cup winner (2003, 2009, 2014),
- 3-Russian Cup runner-up (2005, 2007, 2010),
- 3-time VTB United League runner-up (2010, 2012, 2016)

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