2018-19Regular SeasonRound 2
October 16, 2018 CET: 20:05
Local time: 21:05 MENORA MIVTACHIM ARENA

De Colo leads CSKA to 86-89 win Tel Aviv

An unstoppable Nando De Colo lifted CSKA Moscow to a hard-fought 86-89 victory over host Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv on Tuesday. CSKA stayed perfect at 2-0, while Maccabi is 0-2. De Colo scored 27 points to go with 5 assists and 4 steals for the winners. Kyle Hines added 14 points, Cory Higgins 13, while Will Clyburn had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Maccabi's Angelo Caloiaro had 21 points, while Tarik Black added 14, Deandre Kane 13 and Michael Roll 12. De Colo's triple and 3 layups staked CSKA a 6-11 lead, but Roll's second triple got Maccabi its first, 12-11. It stayed close until Clyburn's three-point shot supplied CSKA a 21-24 lead after 10 minutes. Maccabi turnovers let CSKA get ahead by 31-40, but 7 quick points from Black changed things and Wilbekin's jumper and 3 assists made it 40-43. De Colo had the last word on a halftime buzzer-beater at 46-50. Wilbekin's triple gave Maccabi its second lead before Black's alley-oop dunk and Caloiaro's four-point play pushed it to 63-59. The lead flipped again before Johnny O'Bryant put Maccabi up 68-67 after 30 minutes. It was tied 71-71 before Higgins went coast to coast, De Colo struck from deep and Clyburn had a put-back at 71-78. Dueling triples from Higgins and Kane left a 79-85 score with 2 minutes left. Kane's fastbreak layup inside the final minute made it 81-85, but CSKA retained control through the buzzer for the victory.

Beat goes on

The victory marked CSKA's 12th consecutive non-Final Four win over Maccabi, including the last 6 in Tel Aviv, stretching back to last decade. Maccabi's sole win over CSKA in this one came in the fateful 2014 semifinal, which led to that season's trophy going back to Tel Aviv.

De Colo show

CSKA's Nando De Colo had a first half that most players would sign up for as their full-game stats any time they play. He scored at will early, with 11 points in the first 5 minutes, 20 seconds and finished with 19 on a half-time buzzer-beating triple. He added 3 assists and 2 steals for an PIR of 24 at the break. He slowed down at the finish after grabbing his shooting wrist with 5 minutes left as if injured, but stayed in to see the victory through.

Turning point

The game was tied 71-71 with 7:30 to play when Higgins inexplicably waltzed coast-to-coast for a layup. On the next play, De Colo smoothly sank a three-pointer from the top with shot blocker Alex Tyus in front of him. Then after a timeout, will Clyburn put back an offensive rebound at 71-78. It was a 0-7 burst over 2 minutes that left CSKA in charge for good.

Did you know?

This game was the first game between former teammates Scottie Wilbekin of Maccabi and Will Clyburn of CSKA since they debuted in the EuroLeague together with Darussafaka Istanbul two seasons ago. Clyburn got his double-double after a slow start, while Wilbekin had 10 points and 5 assists but fouled out halfway through the final quarter. Since Jeremy Pargo and Kendrick Ray were injured, his absence down the stretch left Maccabi shorthanded at guard.

Next round

In 48 hours, CSKA returns home to host Darussafaka Istanbul (1-1) in Moscow for Round 3. Maccabi hits the road again to take on winless Buducnost VOLI Podgorica in the Montenegrin capital.

Nando De Colo - CSKA Moscow - EB18
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Euroleague.net
Referees: RYZHYK, BORYS; CORTES, CARLOS; NEDOVIC, MILAN
Attendance: 10600
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Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 WILBEKIN, SCOTTIE 26:44 10 3/5 1/5 1/2   3 3 5 2 5     5 1 4
3 O'BRYANT, JOHNNY 13:07 5 1/3 1/2   1 4 5 1   3     2 1 4
4 CALOIARO, ANGELO 32:26 21 4/4 3/4 4/7 2 2 4 3   1     3 7 27
5 ROLL, MICHAEL 29:03 15 2/6 3/4 2/2       7 1   1   3 2 18
7 KANE, DEANDRE 29:36 14 3/4 2/8 2/4 2 2 4 2         2 4 13
8 AVDIJA, DENI DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 TYUS, ALEX 8:55           2 2               2
10 LEVI, NIMROD DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 DIBARTOLOMEO, JOHN 6:19   0/1 0/2   1 1 2 1              
15 COHEN, JAKE 2:03   0/1     1   1           1   -1
28 BLACK, TARIK 31:05 15 7/10   1/2 3 4 7 1   2 2 1 4 2 16
50 ZOOSMAN, YOVEL 20:42 6 2/2 0/1 2/2   1 1 2 2 1 2   2 1 10
Team           1 2 3     1         2
Totals 200:00 86 22/36 10/26 12/19 11 21 32 22 5 13 5 1 22 18 95
        61.1% 38.5% 63.2%
Head coach: SPAHIJA, NEVEN
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
1 DE COLO, NANDO 33:06 27 7/10 4/6 1/1 1 2 3 5 4 1   1 3 3 32
5 PETERS, ALEC 8:24 1     1/2       1   1     2 1 -1
7 UKHOV, IVAN 4:00           1 1               1
11 ANTONOV, SEMEN 17:34 5 2/2 0/1 1/2 1 1 2 1     1   3 1 5
13 RODRIGUEZ, SERGIO 19:22 4 0/3 1/6 1/2   1 1 1 1     2   2 -2
20 VORONTSEVICH, ANDREY 13:50     0/2         1   1         -2
21 CLYBURN, WILL 20:54 11 3/7 1/2 2/2 2 8 10 1   3   1 2 3 14
22 HIGGINS, CORY 22:10 13 5/10 1/1   1 3 4     1   1 1 6 15
23 HACKETT, DANIEL 10:51   0/1           2 1       2 2 2
41 KURBANOV, NIKITA 10:07 4 1/1   2/2 1 1 2 1   1     2 3 7
42 HINES, KYLE 25:30 14 6/7   2/2 2 2 4 1 2       2 1 19
44 HUNTER, OTHELLO 14:12 10 5/7     1 2 3 2   1     1   11
Team           1   1               1
Totals 200:00 89 29/48 7/18 10/13 10 21 31 16 8 9 1 5 18 22 102
        60.4% 38.9% 76.9%
Head coach: ITOUDIS, DIMITRIS

Head Coaches

SPAHIJA, NEVEN
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
"I would like to congratulate CSKA on the win, and also give credit to our team for the effort and the basketball they showed today. Before the game I said we wanted one step forward compared to the Panathinaikos game. We did it, but unfortunately it was not enough to win against CSKA. CSKA is an amazing team, very difficult. If you stop them outside, they score inside. Fifty-fifty balls, also. The momentum of the game, I remember in the second half, when they made three shots in a row while we were missing good shots on the opposite side. In the end, the result was three points difference for them. Our reality is we are still thinking positive for the future and we continue to build the team."
ITOUDIS, DIMITRIS
CSKA Moscow
"It's not only one thing, but definitely we changed our mentality in fourth quarter, and some of the third, too. We were more decisive. We had much more clear ideas of what we had to do on offense, and of where and how we could risk defensively. What things? At least we fought on rebounds for the boards. That was something that cost us in the first half, because we almost shared the rebounds under our basket. With such a great percentage, Maccabi in the first half they managed to grab the same amount of rebounds under our basket. So we changed that also."

Players

BLACK, TARIK
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
"We started the game slow and towards the end dug ourselves a hole because of the turnovers. If we played in the end like we did in the first half, I think it would have been a different result. We have confidence in ourselves regardless of the team we are playing against. I'm playing in the rhythm of the game and don't panic; the team knows where to find me. If I shoot, pass, or play defense it doesn't matter to me at all, as long as we'll win."
HINES, KYLE
CSKA Moscow
"It was a good, complete team victory. It was the type of game that you just had to grind it out and figure it out during the course of the game. We ended up playing good defense in the fourth quarter, got stops when we needed to get stops, made shots when we needed to make shots, made plays when we needed to make plays, and that was the difference in the game. We weren't nervous at all. We were just playing. All of us have experienced playing here many games before. So there were no nerves at all. We just tried to finish out the game."
DE COLO, NANDO
CSKA Moscow
"It was a tough game, but there is no easy game in this EuroLeague. It's a good win. To win away is always good. We need to learn from this game. They have a lot of fans who support their team, they fight until the end, so it wasn't easy, but we won. I feel good, so tonight the team played pretty good and I got some good opportunities to score. Like every time, I try to do my best."