CSKA — ALBA, 04 February 2022

PRE-GAME BREAKDOWN

Toko Shengelia, who has not yet recovered from a leg muscle injury, will be joined by two more "bigs" on the injury list. In the game against Efes, Johannes Vogtmann got his knee bruised, Joel Bolomboy dislocated the pinkie on his left hand. In addition, Alexander Khomenko remains out of the game due to a back injury. Forward Alexander Evseev was called up from CSKA-2 and added to the Euroleague roster.

ALBA unexpectedly routed UNICS on the home floor yesterday without its main shooter Markus Eriksson.

REFEREES

Sreten Radovic (crew chief, Croatia), Milivoje Jovcic (Serbia), Seffi Shemmesh (Israel).

PRE-GAME QUOTES

Andreas Pistiolis, CSKA coach:

The second game of the double-week is always special. It requires a lot of energy, you don’t have enough time to prepare correctly, a lot of fatigue involved. It is up to the players to be fresh for the game, to be motivated and to compensate for whatever problem we may have. We are playing against a dangerous team that can beat anybody on a good day. We have a lot of respect towards them, lately every game we play against them is a tough game. Hopefully we will overcome the adversities and difficulties and get a win.

Semen Antonov, CSKA forward:

Today we prepared according to the usual schedule, watched the video of the opponent, analyzed our first game, in Berlin, where we won in a very tough fight. Emphasis was placed on what worked and what did not work. We also analyzed yesterday's moments, held a shooting session, stretched. I urge all our fans to come, support will be very needed.

CLOSE RELATIONS

Daniel Hackett, ALBA’s Maodo Lo and Louis Olinde were teammates at Brose Bamberg during the 2017-18 season.

CSKA guard Marius Grigonis played for ALBA during the 2017-18 season as a teammate of Jonas Mattisseck, Tim Schneider, Kresimir Nikic and Luke Sikma.

IMPORTANT NUMBERS

Will Clyburn ranks sixth in scoring this season with 15.3 per game.

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

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

Grigonis has made 15 consecutive free throws.

Grigonis is ranked second all-time in free throw accuracy at 92.6%.

Nikola Milutinov has collected multiple offensive rebounds in 11 straight games.

Milutinov has grabbed 5 or more rebounds in nine of his last 10 games.

Nikola Milutinov ranks seventh in rebounding with 6.2 per game and is tied for the league lead in offensive rebounding with 3.0 per game.

Milutinov is tied with Jan Vesely of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul for sixth place all-time with 506 offensive rebounds. Ante Tomic is fifth with 520.

Shved is seventh all-time with 459 three-point shots made for his career. Milos Teodosic is sixth with 471.

Shved ranks 10th all-time in scoring with 2,992 points. Felipe Reyes is ninth with 3,029.

Shved is in 11th place all-time with 607 free throws made for his career. Mike James of AS Monaco is 10th with 618 and counting.

Shved ranks 13th on the all-time charts with 855 assists. Nando De Colo of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is 12th with 862 and counting.

PAST MATCHUPS

Wins/losses: 10-6

1996-97 – Euroleague. Qualification Round: CSKA – ALBA: 67-69 (-2)
1996-97 – Euroleague. Qualification Round: ALBA – CSKA: 78-76 (-2)
1998-99 – Euroleague. Preliminary Round: ALBA – CSKA: 63-70 (+7)
1998-99 – Euroleague. Preliminary Round: CSKA – ALBA: 86-75 (+11)
1999-00 – Euroleague. Qualification Round: CSKA – ALBA: 71-76 (-5)
1999-00 – Euroleague. Qualification Round: ALBA – CSKA: 81-76 (-5)
2000-01 – Euroleague. Qualification Round: ALBA – CSKA: 80-77 (-3)
2000-01 – Euroleague. Qualification Round: CSKA – ALBA: 89-86 (+3)
2012-13 – Euroleague. Top 16. ALBA – CSKA: 57-75 (+18)
2012-13 – Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – ALBA: 80-65 (+15)
2013-14 – Euroleague. Regular Season. ALBA – CSKA: 68-84 (+16)
2013-14 – Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – ALBA: 95-66 (+29)
2019-20 – Euroleague. Regular Season. ALBA – CSKA: 66-82 (+16)
2020-21 – Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – ALBA: 88-93 (-5)
2020-21 – Euroleague. Regular Season. ALBA – CSKA: 68-71 (+3)
2021-22 – Euroleague. Regular Season. ALBA – CSKA: 90-93 (+3)

SHORT DOSSIER

ALBA Berlin, Germany

Founded: 1989
Colors: dark-blue, yellow
Homecourt: Mercedes-Benz Arena (16,000)
Supervisory Board: Dr. Axel Schweitzer, Dieter Hauert
CEO: Marco Baldi
Head coach: Israel Gonzalez
Website: www.albaberlin.de
Accomplishments: Korac Cup winner (1995); 10-time German champion (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2020, 2021); 10-time German Cup winner (1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020)