Efes Pilsen Istanbul vs. CSKA Moscow - Game

2010-11Regular SeasonRound 5

November 18, 2010 CET: 20:45

Local time: 21:45 SINAN ERDEM DOME

Efes Pilsen topped CSKA Moscow 86-72

Efes Pilsen stayed undefeated at home and improved to 3-2 in Turkish Airlines Euroleague Group D by knocking off CSKA Moscow 86-72 in Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday night. Efes is third in Group D, right behind Panathinaikos and Union Olimpija, that tie for first place at 4-1 apiece. CSKA, that reached the Euroleague Final Four in each of the last 8 seasons, dropped to 1-4 and needs to start winning right away to improve its chances to make it to the Top 16. Igor Rakocevic led the winners with 21 points. Nikola Vujcic added 14, Lawrence Roberts had 13 while Bostjan Nachbar got 12 for Efes. Rakocevic became the ninth player to reach 2,000 in competition history. Meanwhile, Vujcic was the second player to grab his 1,000th rebound and also broke the 500-assist mark in the Euroleague. Andrey Vorontsevich led CSKA with 15 points. Jamont Gordon added 14 while Boban Marjanovic had 13 for the guests. Rakocevic shined early to give Efes a 26-16 after 10 minutes. Efes boosted its margin to 48-35 at halftime and then again to 63-48 late in the third quarter, but CSKA was not done. Vorontsevich and Trajan Langdon fueled a 0-16 run that J.R. Holden capped with a jumper to give CSKA its only lead of the night, 63-64. It didn't last long, however, as Kerem Tunceri and Roberts combined for 15 points in a 17-2 run

Kerem Gonlum got Efes going with a backdoor dunk and Vujcic added free throws for an early 4-0 lead. Vujcic banked in a mid-range shot that forced Efes to call timeout at 6-0. Rakocevic shined with a layup off an inbound pass, as CSKA tried to change things with Viktor Khryapa on the floor for the first time this season. CSKA, however, missed its 7 opening shots until Vorontsevich hit a five-meter jumper. Rakocevic nailed a stop-and-pop jumper, however, and a three-pointer by Andrew Wisniewski gave Efes its first double-digit lead, 13-2. Gordon, Bootsy Thornton and once again Vorontsevich joined the three-point shootout for a 16-8 score. Vujcic buried a five-meter shot and Rakocevic scored in transition to keep Efes way ahead, 20-8. Gordon provided a highlight with a wild driving layup in traffic that Rakocevic bettered with a triple. Khryapa dunked it off a steal and added a fast break layup to bring CSKA back to life, 23-14. A step-back jumper by Langdon and a ttriple by Roberts fixed the score at 26-16 after 10 minutes.

Rakocevic drew a foul and calmly made free throws to boost the hosts' lead to 28-16 early in the second quarter. Efes stayed all over the place in defense and a foul shot by Vujcic made it a 13-point game, 29-16. CSKA tried a tall lineup with Khryapa at small forward but Rakocevic - who else? - buried a triple off a screen and free throws by Roberts broke the game open, 35-16, after a 12-0 run. CSKA went scoreless for more than 3 minutes but Gordon stepped up with a baseline jumper. Marjanovic added a dunk-and-foul and Gordon shined with a layup off a steal that got CSKA within 35-23. Marjanovic capped a 0-9 CSKA run with free throws, as Thornton quickly stepped up with a power basket. Nachbar took over with a put-back layup that Marjanovic matched with more foul shots. Nachbar kept pacing Efes with back-to-back layups but a triple by Holden and free throws by Vorontsevich kept CSKA within 44-32. Nachbar found space for an easy dunk and Vujcic added a layup in penetration but a step-back jumper by Holden got CSKA within 48-35 at halftime.

Rakocevic swished a four-meter shot immediately after the break and soon added a stop-and-pop three-pointer to boost Efes' lead to 53-35. CSKA did not find the way to the basket almost 2 minutes until Marjanovic stepped up with an easy dunk. Gordon scored in penetration but a corner three-pointer by Sinan Guler kept the hosts away from trouble at 56-40. Marjanovic kept trying to change things with foul shots and Vorontsevich nailed a big triple to bring CSKA back to life, 57-45. Vujcic shined with a second-chance layup - getting his 1,000th Euroleague career rebound in the process - that Marjanovic erased with another dunk. Rakocevic sank an off-balance jumper to reach the 2,000-point mark in the competition and free throws by Vujcic gave Efes a 63-48 margin. Vorontsevich struck from downtown and Alexey Shved added a tip-in to force Efes to call timeout at 63-53. Langdon followed free throws with a bomb from downtown and a left-handed driving layup by Vorontsevich brought CSKA as close as 63-60 after three quarters.

Dimitry Sokolov scored in the paint and a mid-range jumper by Holden completed the guests' comeback, 63-64, after a game-changing 0-16 run. Tunceri rescued Efes with a three-pointer, as the hosts adjusted its man-to-man defense and started to play much more aggressive, stopping CSKA's transition game. Roberts stepped up with a driving layup and soon added a critical triple that made it a seven-point game, 71-64, with under 6 minutes left. Shved shined with a driving layup that an unstoppable Roberts matched with a spin move in the low post. Tunceri sent the crowd to their feet with a left-handed layup that boosted Efes' lead to 75-66 with 4 minutes to go. Tunceri downed a three-pointer off a CSKA timeout and Guler dunked it off a steal to seal the outcome, 80-66, after a 17-2 run. CSKA kept trying in the final 3 minutes but all Efes fans were already celebrating a big win that improved their team's chances to return to the Top 16!

Thursday, November 18, 2010

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Referees: LAMONICA, LUIGI; TAURINO, PAOLO; MARICIC,SASA

Attendance: 10250 (Tentative)

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Efes Pilsen Istanbul	26	22	15	23
CSKA Moscow	16	19	25	12

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Efes Pilsen Istanbul	26	48	63	86
CSKA Moscow	16	35	60	72

Efes Pilsen Istanbul

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	WISNIEWSKI, ANDREW	24:14	3	0/2	1/1		2	2	4	5	1	2			2		7
7	AKYOL, CENK	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	RAKOCEVIC, IGOR	31:20	21	5/6	3/6	2/2		3	3	3	1	4		1	1	1	19
9	ROBERTS, LAWRENCE	19:30	13	2/3	2/3	3/4		4	4		1				2	4	17
10	TUNCERI, KEREM	21:00	8	1/1	2/4			3	3	6		1	1		2		13
11	THORNTON, BOOTSY	19:01	5	1/1	1/2		1	3	4	1	1	2			4	1	5
12	GONLUM, KEREM	14:25	2	1/1				1	1		1				1		3
13	ARSLAN, ENDER	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	VUJCIC, NIKOLA	24:21	14	4/9		6/8	1	2	3	3		4		1	2	5	11
21	NACHBAR, BOSTJAN	21:44	12	5/7	0/4	2/2	1	3	4	1	1				2	2	12
32	GULER, SINAN	24:25	8	2/4	1/1	1/2	1	1	2	2	3	2	1		4	1	8
35	DUDLEY, ERWIN	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Team						2	4	6			1					5
	Totals	200:00	86	21/34	10/21	14/18	8	26	34	21	9	16	2	2	20	14	100
				61.8%	47.6%	77.8%

Head coach: PERASOVIC, VELIMIR

Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating

CSKA Moscow

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
5	KURBANOV, NIKITA	1:20	2	1/1			1	1	2								4
6	BYKOV, SERGEY	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	SMODIS, MATJAZ	3:20		0/1	0/1										1		-3
10	HOLDEN, JR	27:55	5	1/7	1/2			1	1	1		3		1	1		-5
15	ZABELIN, ARTEM	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	VORONTSEVICH, ANDREY	32:21	15	2/5	3/4	2/2		1	1	2	1	2			1	2	14
21	LANGDON, TRAJAN	32:25	9	1/5	1/3	4/6		3	3	1		4		1	2	3	1
22	MARJANOVIC, BOBAN	21:02	13	3/4		7/7	2	1	3		1	2	1		3	4	16
23	SHVED, ALEXEY	15:16	4	2/3			1	1	2	2		1			1	3	8
30	SOKOLOV, DMITRY	17:52	6	3/4		0/2	2	2	4	1	1	1	1		4	2	7
31	KHRYAPA, VICTOR	17:58	4	2/3	0/2		2	1	3	1	2	1				3	9
44	GORDON, JAMONT	30:31	14	5/9	1/3	1/4		3	3	4	2	1			1	3	15
	Team						2	2	4								4
	Totals	200:00	72	20/42	6/15	14/21	10	16	26	12	7	15	2	2	14	20	70
				47.6%	40%	66.7%

Head coach: VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO

Head Coaches

PERASOVIC, VELIMIR

Efes Pilsen Istanbul

“I think it’s a very imporntant victory for us. We knew that this game was very important and for that reason, all my players had good motivation. We are well organised in offense with the quickness of Andrew Wisniewski and had a great difference of 19 points too early. I am always scared about those kind of leads when you get them too early. It’s not easy to defend this kind of big difference every time. In the third period, we lost energy and let our opponent balance the game. But they already lost energy when they were trying to catch us. So in the last period, we had some tactical changes both in defense and offense. We had tougher defensive five guys in the last period like Kerem Tunceri, Andrew Wisniewski and Sinan Guler. Kerem Tunceri played pick’n rolls with Lawrence Roberts and created extra score at the absence of Rakocevic. I’m also really satisfied the way Bostjan Nachbar played.”

VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO

CSKA Moscow

“Congratulations to Efes Pilsen and their coach Velimir Perasovic. We started the game very bad. We gave the chance to Efes to have too much difference very early in the game. Efes Pilsen is a well disciplined team and they used this advantage for a long period in the game. They had very good shooting percentages and 21 assists. In the third period, we tried to come back and managed to catch the momentum. But during this period, we lost too much energy. And then in the last period, we had wrong shot selection because of that. Efes took control of the game again and had a well deserved win. Now we have to focus on the next game against Armani Jeans Milano, which will play a critical role for our future like all the upcoming games.”

Players

TUNCERI, KEREM

Efes Pilsen Istanbul

“It was a very important and at the same time, very interesting game for us. We had the scoring advantage too early and it’s not always easy to defend it. CSKA Moscow managed to come back in the game in the third quarter but they lost too much energy when they were doing it. We refreshed our defesive toughness in the last quarter and that was also the reason for us to find the rhythm in offence. We played easy but clever and break their resistance at the end. That’s a good win for us which can play the key role in the future for us in the group stage.”

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