11.01.2017
The game vs EA7 Milan could be just the regular game of the EuroLeague season, if not the previous results…
All on us
The game vs EA7 Milan could be just the regular game of the EuroLeague season, if not the previous results.

“Milan is a talented team that can score in many ways and played some good games lately,” CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis said. “But with all due respect to our opponents, it’s all on us. After three straight defeats this game becomes extra important for us. And we definitely should not do many things that led to bad results in previous games.”

Only Pavel Korobkov (knee surgery) remains sidelined for CSKA.

“Relativity” connections


CSKA big man James Augustine and Milan’s Zoran Dragic were teammates at Khimki Moscow Region last season.

CSKA forward Nikita Kurbanov was a teammate of Milan players Mantas Kalnietis and Krunoslav Simon at Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar during the 2014-15 season.

Nando De Colo earned Top 16 Round 7 MVP honors in the 2014-15 season after shining in CSKA’s 97-75 victory over EA7 Emporio Armani. He tallied 18 points, 7 assists and 4 steals for a performance index rating of 29.

Important numbers


Coach Itoudis has used 13 different players in his starting lineups so far this season; no player has started every game.

Nando De Colo has recorded a performance index rating in double figures in 40 of his last 41 EuroLeague games. He ranks second in scoring this season with 19.0 points per game, and is also ranked third with an average performance index rating of 19.9.

De Colo has made 41 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action. Nando is ranked first in EuroLeague history in free throw accuracy. He has made 92.8% of his free throws.

De Colo needs 3 steals to reach the century-mark for his EuroLeague career.

Milos Teodosic has hit at least 1 three-pointer in 12 straight and 32 of his last 33 EuroLeague games.

Teodosic has dished at least 5 assists in 16 of his last 17 EuroLeague games. He leads the EuroLeague this season with 7.6 assists per game and ranks third all-time in assists with 1,036. Vassilis Spanoulis of Olympiacos is in second place with 1,055 and counting.

Vitaly Fridzon has made 20 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games.

Vitaly Fridzon is 3 steals away from reaching the century mark for his EuroLeague career.

Cory Higgins has made 15 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague games.

Cory Higgins is the EuroLeague career leader among active, qualified players in three-point accuracy at 49.0%.

Victor Khryapa is 10th all-time with 218 career steals. With 2 more he can catch Jamon Gordon (220) for ninth place.

James Augustine is the EuroLeague career leader among active, qualified players in two-point shooting accuracy at 65.9%.

Kyle Hines needs 1 rebound to reach 800 for his EuroLeague career. He will become the 21st man to reach that milestone.

Past matchups


Wins/losses: 6-6
1965-66. European Champions Cup. Semifinal. CSKA – Olimpia: 57-68 (-11)
1982-83. European Champions Cup. Final Round. Olimpia – CSKA: 94-86 (-8)
1982-83. European Champions Cup. Final Round. CSKA – Olimpia: 79-78 (+1)
1996-97. Euroleague. Preliminary Round. Adecco – CSKA: 87-74 (-13)
1996-97. Euroleague. Preliminary Round. CSKA – Adecco: 70-55 (+15)
2008-09. Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – Armani Jeans: 90-64 (+26)
2008-09. Euroleague. Regular Season. Armani Jeans – CSKA: 80-79 (-1)
2010-11. Euroleague. Regular Season. CSKA – Armani Jeans: 73-88 (-15)
2010-11. Euroleague. Regular Season. Armani Jeans – CSKA: 71-65 (-6)
2014-15. Euroleague. Top 16. CSKA – EA7 Milan: 97-75 (+22)
2014-15. Euroleague. Top 16. EA7 Milan – CSKA: 79-88 (+9)
2015-16. Euroleague. Regular season. EA7 Milan – CSKA: 64-79 (+15)

Short dossier


EA7 Milan, Italy
Founded: 1936
Colors: red, white
Home court: Mediolanum Forum (11,200)
Owner: Giorgio Armani
President: Livio Proli
Head coach: Jasmin Repesa
Website: www.olimpiamilano.com
Trophy case: 3-time Euroleague champions (1966, 87, 88), 3-time Cup Winners Cup champions (1971, 72, 76), 2-time Korac Cup winners (1985, 93), Intercontinental Cup winners (1987), 27-time Italian champions (1936, 37, 38, 39, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 72, 82, 85, 86, 87, 89, 96, 2014, 16), 5-time Italian Cup winners (1972, 86, 87, 96, 16), Italian SuperCup winners (2016)

Comments

Ivan So Love CSKA
13 January 12:13
Исторически неудобный соперник, выходит.
УрАл
13 January 11:39
Сегодняшняя послематчевая пресс-конференция тренеров будет здесь: https://youtu.be/t18KBPjeLQ0
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