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Munich, Germany
24 February 2022 Thursday /
Audi Dome
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CSKA
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CSKA
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23.02.2022

Our team went to Munich to face one of the hottest, toughest and defensive-minded teams in the EuroLeague…

To the home team

PRE-GAME BREAKDOWN

Bayern is one of the hottest teams in Europe right now. Andrea Trinchieri’s side won 4 of last 5 games and it looks even more convincing at home with 8 wins in 12 games. Two previous visitors to Munich could not even score 60 points in the games.

After the VTB League All-Star break the Muscovites got back to practices at Krylatskoe. The team has to work without Vladimir Ivlev who is sent to the Russian National Team. The newcomer Kevin Pangos did not join his teammates yet. At the same time Iffe Lundberg is back to practices after missing two previous games due to injury.

REFEREES

Ilija Belosevic (Serbia, crew chief), Josef Bissang (France), Tomasz Trawicki (Poland)

PRE-GAME QUOTES

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

We play against a very serious opponent. I would call it a sweat-and-blood game. Without tears I hope. This is going to be a fight. They are playing on the level of foul, they are very physical. It’s a tough journey for us but we know what we have to do there. Definitely, we need to fight, match the aggressivity and be focused for 40 minutes.

Nikola Milutinov, CSKA center:

Tough game of course. They are good team, they are playing good defense. We need to really take care of the ball, play smart offensively and also to play aggressive defense if we want to win the game.

“RELATIVITY” CONNECTIONS

Daniel Hackett was a teammate of Bayern’s Leon Radosevic at Brose Bamberg during the 2017-18 season.

Bayern swingman Darrun Hilliard arrived this summer from CSKA, where he played the last two seasons.

Bayern center Othello Hunter played at CSKA Moscow for two seasons between 2017 and 2019. He helped the team win the 2019 EuroLeague title.

Bayern guard Vladimir Lucic and Nikola Milutinov were teammates on Partizan Belgrade during the 2012-13 season.

Bayern head coach Andrea Trinchieri coached two CSKA players in the past: Nikita Kurbanov with UNICS in the 2013-14 season and Daniel Hackett in Bamberg in 2017-18.

Marius Grigonis and Bayern forward Augustine Rubit were teammates at Zalgiris Kaunas last season.

Milutinov and Rubit were teammates at Olympiacos Piraeus during the 2019-20 season.

IMPORTANT NUMBERS

Will Clyburn ranks sixth in scoring this season with 14.9 per game.

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

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

Marius Grigonis ranks 10th this season in three-point accuracy at 43.1%.

Grigonis has made 17 consecutive free throws.

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

Johannes Voigtmann ranks seventh in two-point shooting at 67.4%.

Tornike Shengelia needs 16 rebounds to reach 1,000 for this career.

Johannes Voigtmann needs 17 rebounds to reach 1,000 for this career.

Nikola Milutinov has collected multiple offensive rebounds in 12 of his last 13 games.

Milutinov has grabbed 5 or more rebounds in 11 of his last 12 games.

Nikola Milutinov ranks fifth in rebounding with 6.5 per game and second in offensive rebounding with 2.8 per game.

Milutinov ranks sixth all-time with 509 offensive rebounds. Ante Tomic is fifth with 520.

Milutinov needs 3 points to reach 1,500 for his career.

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 3,006 points. Felipe Reyes is ninth with 3,029.

Shved is in 11th place all-time with 613 free throws made for his career. Mike James of AS Monaco is 10th with 628 and counting.

Shved ranks 12th on the all-time charts with 868 assists. Nikos Zisis is 11th with 885.

PAST MATCHUPS

Wins/losses: 8-1

2013-14. Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – Bayern: 61-86 (+25)
2013-14. Euroleague. Top 16. Bayern – CSKA: 77-70 (+7)
2018-19. Euroleague. Regular Season. Bayern – CSKA: 79-93 (+16)
2018-19. Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – Bayern: 77-70 (+7)
2019-20. Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – Bayern: 79-68 (+11)
2019-20. Euroleague. Regular Season. Bayern – CSKA: 77-84 (+7)
2020-21. Euroleague. Regular Season. Bayern – CSKA: 81-89 (+8)
2020-21. Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – Bayern: 66-69 (-3)
2021-22. Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – Bayern: 77-74 (+3)

SHORT DOSSIER

Bayern Munich, Germany

Founded: 1946
Colors: red, white
Home court: Audi Dome (6,700)
President: Uli Hoeness
Head coach: Andrea Trinchieri
Website: www.fcb-basketball.de
Trophy case: 5-time German champion (1954, 1955, 2014, 2018, 2019), 3-time German Cup winner (1968, 2018, 2021)

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