JWSport Jacek Waszak – Sport journalist
CSKA MOSCOW Champions of the Basketball Euroleague
Moscow waited eight years for the title of champion of the basketball Euroleague. This is the last one under the name of the final Euroligii because next year it starts its activity basketball Champions League, which will play more teams from different European countries.
Who watched the final of the Euroleague could not complain about emotions and what happened during the entire meeting the grand final of the basketball in Berlin. Coach CSK Moscow Dimitios Itoudis student Zelojko Obradovicia – trainer Fenerbache Istanbul – won with a former teacher. Together they spent many years together and it was a rivalry good friends with parquet basketball Euroleague.
After the first half of CSK Moscow led 20 points (30:50). The second half was a crazy basketball and given us great emotions. In the third quarter the team from Moscow was superior even already 21 – and the point of this element if CSKA stood and began to make mistakes and the effectiveness of shooting was uncertain. It looked as if something is stuck in the Russian team. Turkish team began to make up for the losses of the first half. Six minutes to the end of the quarter Udoh of Istanbul goes twice in a row and reduces their differences and reduced already to 10 points. Fenerbacze team tried in August on big Come Back when brought into overtime. In the last quarter incredible throws for three points of the circuit recorded Bobby Dixon. After a break in the last quarter of the match in the Turkish team Ekpe Udoh center conducted and throw important baskets quarterback Ksotas Sloukas served to fellow exquisite ball, and the defense did not gave any opportunity to pick up the ball. Boby Dixon again at the end showed two series of important threes are 6 points that gave the tie 81:81, after these actions, we still had the lead thanks to two free Fenerbacze Kostas Sloukas at 83:81. There were only 20 seconds to the end of the match when possession was in the hands of CSKA on the left side of the circuit for the three points he tried to hit Nando De Colo but did not hit, but luckily the ball bounced off the rim, that went straight pop Viktor Khryapa. This effectively struck the ball earning 2 points for a draw 83:83. We have 5 minutes of extra time and the whole room went crazy fans and the excitement reached its zenith. Fenerbacze won the last quarter up 30 to 14. It was amazing meeting which we have not seen for many years in the final of the Euroleague, and the need to wspomnąć that this is the last such final under this name because next year the creation basketball Champions League and will play more teams different countries.
Overtime began after thinking Fenerbacze of three. He began Kostas Sloukas from the very beginning he was nabuzowany positive energy and the fight on the dance floor, cheered his colleagues Dixon or to the dates who were throwing amazing kicks for three or two points, but that day even that did not help stop the best attacker of the CSKA Moscow player De Colo of France was a better fit (22 points 7 assists) and, with a colleague Teodosic (19 points, 7 assists) impose almost together 41 points and on extra-throw from almost any position and forced the fouls, and he led the team from Russia to victory despite yet final Turkish football team attempts result ended up winning 101 to 96 for CSK Moscow.
After the game, Nando De Colo received statułetkę MVP most valuable player of the Euroleague Final Four Frenchman showed in Sunday’s meeting that throughout the season he was the team leader in CSKA and the most effective player throwing and scoring 22 points 7 assists.
Fenerbahce Istanbul – CSKA Moscow 96: 101 (20:22, 10:28, 23:19, 30:14, d. 10:18) Fenerbahce Dixon 17, Udoh 16 (11 with b), Antić 16, 16 to the dates, Sloukas 10, 7 Vesely, Bogdanovic 6, Hickman 5, 3 Kalinić, Mahmutoglu 0.
CSKA: De Colo 22, Teodosić 19, Hines 15, Higgins 12, Vorontsevich 11, Khryapa 10, Jackson 8, Kurbanov 4, Fridzon 0 0 Kulagin, Korobkov 0 0 Nicholls.
Sports Journalist Jacek Waszak
