Reigning Euroleague best CSKA Moscow got off to a able alpha in Top 16 Accumulation H by thrashing Fenerbahce Ulker 48-66 in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday night. CSKA abutting Cibona in a tie for aboriginal abode in the accumulation at 1-0 and the teams will face anniversary added in the Russian basic next week. Fenerbahce Ulker visits Montepaschi Siena, as both teams will be searching for their aboriginal win in the Top 16. Ramunas Siskauskas led the winners with 14 points. Terence Morris added 12, while Viktor Khryapa had 11 for CSKA. Gordan Giricek had 13 credibility for FB Ulker in his aboriginal Euroleague bold aback 2002. Semih Erden pulled down 11 boards for the hosts. Siskauskas active afterwards triples in a 2-12 aperture run that accustomed CSKA to yield a 12-20 advance afterwards 10 minutes. Siskauskas, Trajan Langdon and an outstanding Morris fueled a game-breaking 0-11 run that fabricated it an 18-point bold amid through the additional quarter. J.R. Holden helped CSKA to a 25-41 advance at halftime. FB Ulker bigger its aegis afterwards the breach with Gasper Vidmar and Semih Erden calm on court, but CSKA kept a 38-49 allowance afterwards 30 minutes. And the hosts did not assemblage in the fourth quarter, as Khryapa and Morris fabricated abiding that CSKA went aback to Moscow with a admired alley win.
FB Ulker approved a baby starting calendar with Rasim Basak at ability forward, but that didn’t appearance the visitors. Siskauskas got CSKA traveling with a catch-and-shoot three-pointer and again Morris denticulate from abutting ambit afore Devin Smith got Fener on the scoreboard with an accepted layup. Siskauskas active addition amateur and Khryapa aswell addled from city for a 2-11 CSKA margin. Basak abutting the three-point shootout afterwards a Fener abeyance and Smith added a agrarian active bassinet to accompany the hosts aural 7-12. Siskauskas sank a jumper off the distill and Khryapa threw down an absorbing two-handed bang it to restore a 9-point CSKA advantage. Oguz Savas sank chargeless throws, but Fenerbahce connected to attack adjoin the guests' outstanding absolute defense. Khryapa fed Erazem Lorbek for a layup afore as Giricek stepped assimilate a Euroleague cloister for the aboriginal time in added than six years. Emir Preldzic had a huge block on Nikos Zisis and chargeless throws by Giricek got FB Ulker aural 12-18. Added abhorrent shots by Siskauskas additional the guests' advance to 12-20 afterwards 10 minutes.
Damir Kaan Mrsic denticulate in assimilation at the alpha of the additional division as CSKA approved to apathetic down the bold tempo. Morris accomplished a long, two-chance CSKA breach with a triple, but a jumper by Giricek kept Fener aural 16-23. Siskauskas sank a five-meter attack and Morris active a continued two-pointer to accomplish it a double-digit game. Langdon took over with a fast breach layup that acquired the hosts to alarm timeout. Zisis shined with a fallaway jumper and a bend three-pointer by Morris bankrupt the bold open, 16-34, amid through this period. Giricek approved to change things with a jumper and Semih Erden added a jump angle to get to 20-34. Giricek kept pacing FB Ulker, but didn't acquisition abundant help. CSKA alleged abeyance afterwards which Lorbek nailed an accepted amateur to blackout the crowd. J.R. followed with a active layup, but Giricek banked in a seven-meter bomb. Holden exhausted the buzzer with an asymmetric jumper to fix the halftime account at 25-41.
Holden kept pacing CSKA with addition big bassinet appropriate afterwards the break, but a chargeless bandy by Onan and a layup in alteration by Erden got Fener aural 28-43. CSKA followed its bold plan with a actual accommodating breach and its brand defense. Erden, however, took over with a put-back douse that acquired the guests to alarm abeyance at 30-43. CSKA readjusted its defense, but begin problems at the added end. Meanwhile, chargeless throws by Mrsic got Fener even closer, 32-43. Vidmar and Erden had afterwards blocks on Zoran Planinic and Lorbek, respectively, as CSKA could not acquisition the way to the basket. A big bassinet by Vidmar got the army complex at 34-43. Planinic begin amplitude for an accepted bend amateur and anon added a chargeless bandy to accumulate CSKA way ahead. Vidmar was next to the abhorrent line, but fabricated just one attempt, which Lorbek bettered with an outstanding put-back dunk. Added chargeless throws by Savas kept Fener aural 38-49 afterwards three quarters.
FB Ulker bare a quick improvement to acknowledgment to the bold aboriginal in the fourth division and Giricek approved to burn it with a jumper. CSKA did not panic, however, as Planinic fabricated chargeless throws and anon added a seven-meter bomb that closed the outcome, 40-54, with seven account to go. The hosts approved to use abbreviate backing but lacked brawl apportionment if it mattered most. Zisis stepped up with a backdoor layup off a FB Ulker abeyance and Khryapa accursed in his additional three-pointer for a 40-59 advantage. Both teams fought for credibility differential, a analytical affair for multiple-way ties at the end of the Top 16. Morris dunked it, but Savas and Erden kept the hosts aural 44-61. Everything was said and done at this point, as CSKA showed its ability adjoin a superior opponent.
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