2005-06Regular SeasonRound 11
January 18, 2006 CET: 20:15
Local time: 20:15 USH CSKA
CSKA clinched a spot in the Euroleague Top 16 from Group C by downing visiting Pau-Orthez 97-74 in Moscow, Russia on Wednesday. CSKA Moscow improved to 7-4 and mathematically made it to the next round, guaranteeing itself at worst fifth place in the group, since either Montepaschi and Ulker must lose once more in their Week 12 game together. r head-to-head matchup in Istanbul, Turkey on Game 12. Meanwhile, Pau-Orthez dropped to 3-8 but still keeps a slim chance to reach the Top 16. Trajan Langdon and David Andersen led the winners with 16 points apiece. Langdon made 3 of 3 triples while Andersen grabbed 8 rebounds. David Vanterpool had 15 points while Sergei Panov and J.R. Holden added 12 apiece for CSKA. Artur Drozdov had 16 points for Pau-Orthez while Lonnie Cooper, Thierry Rupert and T.J. Lux each had 10. Drozdov kept Pau within 22-15 early in the second quarter, but Vanterpool and Andersen fueled a 12-0 run which helped CSKA take off and never look back.

Andersen got CSKA going with a turnaround jumper, but Cooper tied the game at 2-2 with a five-meter shot. Panov hit a mid-range shot that Drozdov matched with a floating jumper for a 4-4 tie. Langdon beat the shot slock with his first three-pointer and Andersen followed with a six-meter jumper for a 9-4 CSKA lead. Vanterpool fired in a long jumper off a Pau timeout while Holden capped a 9-0 run with free throws as CSKA led 13-4 after 6 minutes. Drozdov tried to wake up Pau with a dunk, but CSKA shined at both ends now as free throws by Vanterpool and Andersen boosted the lead to19-6. Drozdov dunked again, Cooper found a layup and Rupert canned a jumper as the guests reduce the difference to 22-12 after a quarter.

Pau came to the floor with an improve attitude, especially in defense, as CSKA struggled to score early in the second. Meanwhile, Drozdov provided a highlight with a monster breakaway dunk which made it a seven-point game, 22-15. Papaloukas stepped up with a layup which Holden followed with a trademark five-meter jumper, good for a 26-15 CSKA lead. Rupert and T.J. Lux made consecutive baskets in the paint, but Holden was now on fire, as he buried a three for a 12-point CSKA lead at 31-19. The hosts were a different team in defense, while a close basket by Aleksey Savrasenko ignited a 12-0 run in which Vanterpool and Langdon each had 4 points to boost CSKA's lead to 43-21. Drozdov finally hit a jumper for Pau and a free throw by Xane D'Almeida brought Pau within 45-24 at halftime.

Souarata Cisse fired in a three right after the break, but CSKA carried on finding easy points in the paint, as Panov made an easy layup and Andersen dunked it for a 22-point margin at 49-27. Papaloukas shined with a basket-plus-foul which Fred Fauthoux erased with a triple. Langdon nailed a jumper and the free throw which came with it, but Pau kept fighting. Lux and Fauthoux combined for all points in a 0-7 run which brought the guests within 55-39. Drozdov buried a three to get Pau even closer, 58-44, after 26 minutes. Panov answered from downtown and Savrasenko added a jump hook, but Sales stepped up with consecutive baskets. Panov hit another three and Langdon soon copied him with a corner triple. D'Almeida took over with back-to-back driving layups, but another corner shot by Vanterpool fixed the score at 73-53 after 30 minutes.

Rupert tried to ignite a Pau comeback with a tip-in early in the fourth quarter and Jeff Varem added a driving layup to give the guests some hope at 73-57. It didn't last long, as Zakhar Pashutin canned a three and fed Holden for a basket-plus-foul, enough to seal the outcome, 79-57, with 8 minutes to go. CSKA started to rest its main players and even youngster Anatoly Kashirov stepped on court. Andersen stepped up with 6 quick points to force a Pau timeout, 85-63, with under 5 minutes remaining. Kashirov pleased the crowd with a huge turnaround jumper, while CSKA got more good news once Vladimir Dyachok saw some playing time after a long injury. Nothing changed until the final buzzer, as CSKA cruised to a well-deserved win.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
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Referees: SUDEK, PETR; MUHVIC, DUBRAVKO; ANKARALI, RECEP; DAVYDOV, MIKHAIL
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CSKA Moscow
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 PAPALOUKAS, THEODOROS 11:45 8 3/3 0/1 2/3   1 1 2 1 3     2 2 7
5 KURBANOV, NIKITA 13:00   0/1 0/1     2 2     2     1   -3
6 PANOV, SERGEY 21:45 12 3/4 2/4     2 2 3 1       2   13
7 ZAVOUREV, VASILY 3:15               1 1           2
9 VANTERPOOL, DAVID 32:15 15 4/8   7/8 3 2 5 3 1 3     1 8 23
10 HOLDEN, JR 26:45 12 3/4 1/4 3/3   2 2 4 2 2     2 2 14
11 PASHUTIN, ZAKHAR 10:00 5 1/2 1/2     1 1 2 2 1         7
12 DYACHOK, VLADIMIR 4:15 4 1/2   2/2                 1 1 3
13 ANDERSEN, DAVID 27:45 16 7/13   2/2 4 4 8 3     1   2 6 26
14 SAVRASENKO, ALEKSEY 20:00 4 2/4     1 2 3   4 2     1   6
15 KASHIROV, ANATOLY 6:15 5 2/3   1/1 3   3     1     1 1 6
21 LANGDON, TRAJAN 23:00 16 2/3 3/3 3/3 1 2 3 2 1       2 3 22
Team             2 2   4           6
Totals 200:00 97 28/47 7/15 20/22 12 20 32 20 17 14 1 0 15 23 132
        59.6% 46.7% 90.9%
Head coach: MESSINA, ETTORE
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
Pau-Orthez
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 FAUTHOUX, FREDERIC 19:45 9   3/4   1 2 3 3 1       1 3 17
6 D'ALMEIDA, XANE 16:30 5 2/3 0/1 1/2 1   1 2 2 1     1 4 9
8 DROZDOV, ARTUR 28:00 16 6/8 1/4 1/2   7 7 1 2 2     1 2 19
9 CISSE, SOUARATA 21:00 4 0/1 1/2 1/2   2 2   3 3     3 2 2
11 COOPER, LONNIE 19:00 10 5/7 0/1   1   1     3     3 1 3
12 RUPERT, THIERRY 30:30 10 5/8     1 3 4 1   4     4 1 5
13 GADOU, THIERRY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 SALES, BROOKS 27:30 8 4/6 0/2   1   1 1 2 1   1 3 1 4
15 LUX, ANTHONY 22:00 10 5/8       2 2     1     3   5
16 VAREM, JEFF 15:45 2 1/4 0/1     1 1           4 1 -4
Team           1   1   4 2         3
Totals 200:00 74 28/45 5/15 3/6 6 17 23 8 14 17 0 1 23 15 63
        62.2% 33.3% 50%
Head coach: GADOU, DIDIER
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Head Coaches

MESSINA, ETTORE
CSKA Moscow
"I am satisfied with the game my team played tonight. We ran the floor well, showed some good passing and we stayed fresh until the very end of the game. I tried to rotate players and some of the young guys did a very good job in the game. The match was devoted to the memory of Alexander Gomelski, whose birthday was on January 18, and that made the players to be even more focused on the game than usual."
GADOU, DIDIER
Pau-Orthez
"We cannot afford ourselves to play the game in Moscow like this. The players did not show the right level of the game for more than 20 minutes. They did not do what I wanted them to, did not want to prove anything and that was the reason for me to shout at them. It is going to be a very hard task for us right now to qualify to the Top 16, but we will do our best to show we are a team that can win the games."

Players

SAVRASENKO, ALEKSEY
CSKA Moscow
"Today we were a cut above Pau-Orthez. We lost the third quarter, but in fact we never lost the rhythm of the game. We played like a team – it is even difficult to distinguish somebody in the squad. Maybe Pau was suffering from the absence of Clint Harrison."
KASHIROV, ANATOLY
CSKA Moscow
"We were concentrated on our game from the first minute – it is the most important reason for our success. We were a real team on the court – everyone helped each other. Our shooting percentage was good today, too. We relaxed a bit at the beginning of the third quarter but woke up on time. I would like to distinguish Trajan Langdon, who scored at the very right moments."
SALES, BROOKS
Pau-Orthez
"CSKA played both good offense and defense. And we just fell apart. We let them collect offensive rebounds. We made some strange turnovers, missed some easy shots. Our defense was too bad today. I can say that my personal defense against David Andersen wasn't up to the mark. So it was too late to regroup when we finally tried to do it."
DROZDOV, ARTUR
Pau-Orthez
"It is difficult to find the words after such games. We didn't play our best basketball. I don't know the reasons – maybe some players thought we would lose anyway before the start of the game. I am sure some guys could have shown a much better level of basketball today."
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