2018-19Regular SeasonRound 17
Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul 65
CSKA Moscow 80
January 09, 2019 CET: 18:15
Local time: 20:15 VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

De Colo fuels CSKA over Dacka

CSKA Moscow recorded its second consecutive road win by topping Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul 65-80 on Wednesday. CSKA improved to 13-4 in the standings to remain alone in third place, while Darussafaka dropped to 2-15 and is at the bottom of the table. Nando De Colo led the winners with 17 points off the bench, Cory Higgins added 13, Sergio Rodriguez had 11 while Will Clyburn and Othello Hunter each had 10 for CSKA. Kartal Ozmizrak led Darussafaka with 13 points. CSKA led 34-44 at halftime and managed to keep a safe margin the rest of the way by winning all four quarters.

Hunter and Higgins got CSKA going with consecutive dunks and a three-pointer by Nikita Kurbanov gave his team a 4-7 lead. Hunter scored down low and followed Higgins's fast-break dunk with a layup that boosted CSKA's lead to 4-13. A driving layup by Rodriguez prompted a Darussafaka timeout at 4-15 after a 0-11 run. Ozmizrak struck from downtown and Oguz Savas added a layup, but Hunter and Rodriguez kept CSKA in control, 9-19. Savas and Ozmizrak stepped up for the hosts, but a buzzer-beating floater by Kyle Hines established a 16-25 CSKA advantage after 10 minutes. Daniel Hackett took over with a three-point play early in the second quarter and an acrobatic layup by De Colo made it a 14-point game. Dogus Ozdemiroglu and Berk Demir tried to change things for the hosts and a three-point play by Muhammed Baygul brought Darussafaka within 27-36. Clyburn and Higgins rescued CSKA, but Ozmirzak hit his third triple to bring Darussafaka within 34-44 at halftime. De Colo took over after the break and a wild dunk by Hunter boosted the visitors' lead to 38-52. Peiners answered with a put-back layup and Toney Douglas scored in penetration, but De Colo and Rodriguez kept the visitors fully in charge, 49-60, after 30 minutes. An alley-oop dunk by Jeremy Evans gave Darussafaka hope at 51-60 early in the fourth quarter. Andrey Vorontsevich stepped up with a driving layup and De Colo hit a triple in a 0-7 run that Rodriguez capped with a driving layup for a 51-67 CSKA cushion. By the time Higgins followed a jumper with a fast break layup, CSKA had sealed the outcome, 56-73, with 4 minutes left, and the hosts never recovered.

Pivotal performer

Nando De Colo was at his best against Darussafaka as a constant threat on offense from the moment he came off the bench. He finished the game with 17 points on 5-of-6 two-point shooting, 1-of-2 from downtown, 4-of-4 on free throws and 4 fouls drawn - all in less than 19 minutes.

Game-changing moment

After a balanced start of the game, Othello Hunter and Cory Higgins fueled a 0-11 run that Sergio Rodriguez capped with a layup that gave CSKA its first double-digit lead, 4-15. That allowed CSKA to gain momentum and after that, the visitors kept a comfortable margin almost all game long.

Stellar stat

Two-point shooting made the difference in this game. Darussafaka hit just 19 of 42 shots inside the arc (45.2%) and CSKA excelled in the category, making 30 of 43 two-pointers (69.8%). It is the third-best two-point shooting percentage this season and the best for CSKA since April 12, 2016, when it hit 72.8% inside the three-point line against Crvena Zvezda Belgrade.

Did you notice?

It was Will Clyburn's first game at Volkswagen Arena since leaving Darussafaka to join CSKA in 2017. Clyburn led Darussafaka to the 2017 EuroLeague Playoffs. Clyburn is averaging 14.8 points this season, but just 7.0 in two games against Darussafaka.

Next game

Both teams return to EuroLeague action on Friday. CSKA hosts Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv in a rematch of the 2006 and 2008 EuroLeague championship games. Darussafaka visits Buducnost VOLI Podgorica in a repeat of last season's 7DAYS EuroCup quarterfinals duel.

Nando De Colo - CSKA Moscow - EB18
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Euroleague.net
Referees: LAMONICA, LUIGI; JIMENEZ, BENJAMIN; ZAMOJSKI, JAKUB
Attendance: 3026
By Quarter1234
Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul16181516
CSKA Moscow25191620
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Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul16344965
CSKA Moscow25446080
Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
3 OZMIZRAK, KARTAL 23:18 13 1/3 3/5 2/2   4 4 1   2     4 4 12
5 BAYGUL, MUHAMMED 14:32 7 3/6 0/1 1/1 1 1 2 1         2 1 5
9 KOSUT, EMIRCAN 9:56 2 1/3       2 2     3 2   3 1 -1
10 DEMIR, BERK 8:58 2 1/1 0/1     2 2     1         2
11 KIDD, STANTON 21:54 1 0/2 0/1 1/2 2 3 5 1         2 2 3
18 OZDEMIROGLU, DOGUS 10:55 3 1/2   1/2   1 1     1     3 4 2
21 SAVAS, OGUZ 5:36 5 2/4   1/1                   2 5
23 DOUGLAS, TONEY 23:29 4 2/5 0/5     1 1 2 3 3     3   -4
31 PEINERS, ZANIS 12:33 5 1/1   3/4 2   2 3   2       2 9
33 DIEBLER, JON 31:48 8 1/2 1/4 3/3   2 2 1         3 1 5
40 EVANS, JEREMY 24:34 8 3/6 0/1 2/4 5 2 7 1     1 2 1 4 12
50 ERIC, MICHAEL 12:27 7 3/7   1/2 3 1 4     3   1 3 1  
Team           3   3     1         2
Totals 200:00 65 19/42 4/18 15/21 16 19 35 10 3 16 3 3 24 22 52
        45.2% 22.2% 71.4%
Head coach: ERNAK, SELCUK
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 18:41 17 5/6 1/2 4/4 1   1 1   1     1 4 19
3 BOLOMBOY, JOEL 3:15   0/1       1 1           1   -1
5 PETERS, ALEC 17:04 2 1/1 0/5     4 4 2         3    
13 RODRIGUEZ, SERGIO 20:50 11 5/5 0/2 1/2   1 1 6 2 2     4 3 14
20 VORONTSEVICH, ANDREY 17:13 2 1/2     1 1 2 1 1       1   4
21 CLYBURN, WILL 22:31 10 4/9 0/2 2/3 1 6 7 1 2 2   1 1 3 11
22 HIGGINS, CORY 23:33 13 6/10   1/2 1   1 2 2 1   1 2 4 13
23 HACKETT, DANIEL 19:10 7 1/1 0/1 5/5   2 2 3   1     2 6 14
30 KULAGIN, MIKHAIL 3:58   0/1 0/1                 1 1   -4
41 KURBANOV, NIKITA 17:00 4   1/1 1/2 1 3 4 2   1 1   4 1 6
42 HINES, KYLE 21:19 4 2/2     1 2 3 2 1 2 1   1 1 9
44 HUNTER, OTHELLO 15:26 10 5/5     1 3 4 1 2 1 1   3 1 15
Team           2 1 3     1         2
Totals 200:00 80 30/43 2/14 14/18 9 24 33 21 10 12 3 3 24 23 102
        69.8% 14.3% 77.8%
Head coach: ITOUDIS, DIMITRIS

Head Coaches

ERNAK, SELCUK
Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul
“I want to express my satisfaction with the effort that my team showed. I want my Turkish players to feel like the owner of the team because next season we will build the team around them. In the first 5 minutes of the first quarter and the third quarter, our experienced players did not fully develop the strategy we had set for the game. The game was opened up there and CSKA Moscow played a very high level and when we fall back, we find it difficult to return."
ITOUDIS, DIMITRIS
CSKA Moscow
"That [14.3% three-point shooting] doesn't happen often with us, but if you take a look at our two-point percentages, we shot almost 70%, so the game was there. They were playing very aggressive, so we have to find ways to punish this aggressivity on their defense. We also forced 16 turnovers on their home and defensively, we kept them below 19 points in each and every quarter. They never scored 20 and that is also important. It was important for my team to show character at the defensive end. We have changed a lot of things and especially, my players deserve to be congratulated because they did fight for each and every possession like it is the last, and this is what is going to keep us on track."

Players

DE COLO, NANDO
CSKA Moscow
"It is always important to win a game on the road. We know they always play well at home, so I think we just came focused on this game and played together. We did different things to make our game better, first of all on defense and after that we got the rhythm on offense. It is like every win, we need to keep working and this is what we are doing."
CLYBURN, WILL
CSKA Moscow
"I feel great. We got the win and now we get to go home and worry about the next one. Same as always, we have to get back, get our minds right, recover a little bit and get ready for the next one."