Russian basketball team Moscow CSKAplaying without Covid-19 sick John Stranger on Thursday, October 8, won his first victory this season ULEB Euroleague tournament.
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At home, CSKA won the Maccabi FOX in Tel Aviv with 76:72 (20:15, 11:15, 14:14, 31:28) in the second round.
It has already been reported that Sagittarius, Nikol Milutinov, as well as Semyon Antonov have been diagnosed with Covid-19 after the first round of the Euroleague against Barcelona, as a result of which the players have been quarantined.
In Thursday’s match in CSKA, Mike James was the top scorer with 25 points, while William Klaibērn added another 15 points. In the Tel Aviv team, Scotland Vilbeckin scored 17 points and five assists, but Tyler Dorsey scored five points, which also resulted in five rebounds.
In another game of Istanbul “Fenerbahce Beko” away with 80:71 (16:23, 26:12, 19:19, 19:17) won Istanbul “Anadolu Efes“and with two successes strengthened at the top of the tournament.
In the “Fenerbahce Beko”, Nando de Kolo stood out with 20 points and seven rebounds, but 17 points at the expense of Lorenzo Brown. Simons Krunoslavs was the scorer on the opposite side.
Meanwhile, Madrid’s Real home with 77:93 (19:17, 20:27, 14:24, 24:25) gave way to Valencia, experiencing its second loss this season.
In the Madrid team, Walter Tavares scored with 15 points and seven rebounds, while Fakundo Kampaco scored 14 points. In the Valencia team, Bojans Dubļevičs scored 24 points, while Mike Toby scored 15 points and won five balls under the baskets.
The third place with one victory in the tournament is taken by Vitorija “TD Systems Baskonia” represented by Artūrs Kurucs, with the same balance the position below is “Barcelona” represented by Rolands Šmits, but CSKA is tenth with one success in two matches. The team of Daira Bertan and Jānis Timm in the Moscow region “Khimki” is in the 13th place with one loss, the position below is located in the USEL of Wilberban Rihards Lomažs.
Also this season, ten countries with 18 teams are represented in the Euroleague, which is the same as in the previous season. The teams will play a two-round tournament, with the top eight entering the playoffs. The Euroleague champion will be determined in Cologne, where the final four tournament will take place.
This year, the champion was not determined, the tournament ended six rounds before the end of the regular championship.
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