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The Russian basketball team in CSKA Moscow on Thursday, without Jānis Strēlnieks, won their first victory this season in the ULEB Euroleague tournament.
At home, CSKA won the Maccabi FOX of 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, Istanbul’s “Fenerbahce Beko” won Istanbul’s “Anadolu Efes” with 80:71 (16:23, 26:12, 19:19, 19:17) and with two successes at the top of the tournament.
In the “Fenerbahce Beko”, Nando de Colo 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, Valencia in Madrid gave way to Valencia at 77:93 (19:17, 20:27, 14:24, 24:25), losing for the second time 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 occupied by Artūrs Kurucs’ Vitoria “TD Systems Baskonia”, with the same balance position below is the position “Barcelona” represented by Roland Schmidt, but CSKA with one success in two matches is tenth. The team of Daira Bertāns and Jānis Timms in the Moscow region “Khimki” is in the 13th place with one loss, the position below is located in the USA of Wilberban, where Richard Lomažs plays.
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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