CSKA Moscow vs. Partizan mt:s Belgrade

2012-13Regular SeasonRound 7

CSKA Moscow 78

Partizan mt:s Belgrade 61

November 22, 2012 CET: 17:00

Local time: 20:00 MEGASPORT ARENA

CSKA seals Top 16 spot with big home win over Partizan

CSKA Moscow became the second team to reach the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 from Group D by downing Partizan mt:s Belgrade 78-61 in the Russian capital on Thursday. CSKA improved to 6-1 and earned the right to keep fighting for Euroleague glory. Partizan dropped to 1-6, but will play two of its last three games in Belgrade. Sonny Weems paced the winners with 14 points. Dionte Christmas added 13, Andrey Vorontsevich 12, Aaron Jackson and Viktor Khryapa each scored 11 and Milos Teodosic dished 11 assists for CSKA. Dragan Milosavljevic and Vladimir Lucic each scored 12 points for Partizan and Drew Gordon added 11. Teodosic and Khryapa fueled a 10-2 opening run, but a great team effort allowed Partizan to take its first lead at 16-17. Jackson beat the buzzer with a jumper to put CSKA ahead 23-22 after 10 minutes. CSKA improved its defense late in the first half and an outstanding Vorontsevich allowed the hosts to take a 48-36 margin at halftime. Milosavljevic managed to bring Partizan within 52-44 midway through the third quarter, but Weems and Christmas stepped up to keep CSKA out of trouble, 61-48, after 30 minutes. CSKA boosted its margin to 68-50 and never looked back.

First quarter: a run and gun show!

Viktor Khryapa got CSKA going with a basket from close range, but Drew Gordon quickly answered with a two-handed dunk. Khryapa insisted with a five-meter jumper to give CSKA a 4-2 lead. Milos Teodosic fed Sasha Kaun for a layup and free throws by Sonny Weems soon boosted the hosts' lead to 8-2. Teodosic capped an 8-0 CSKA run with a one-handed jumper. Vladimir Lucic stepped up with a put-back layup and Dragan Milosavljevic shined with a backdoor layup before a five-meter jumper by Gordon brought Partizan within 11-8. Gordic and Weems traded layups and a three-point play by Dejan Musli tied it at 13-13. Dionte Christmas struck from downtown, but Milosavljevic took over with a power layup and Djordje Gagic soon gave Partizan its first lead, 16-17. Kaun brought the crowd to its feet with a dunk, however Gordon erased it with a high-flying layup. Andrey Vorontsevich joined the three-point shootout and a driving layup by Gordic tied it at 21-21. Gagic split free throws before a buzzer-beating jumper by Aaron Jackson put CSKA back ahead, 23-22, after 10 minutes.

Second quarter: defense, Jackson help CSKA take off

Lucic took over with a fast break layup early in the second quarter and soon added a wild three-pointer to boost Partizan's margin to 23-27. Vorontsevich rescued CSKA with a layup-plus-foul, but Nikola Milutinov scored in the paint for a 26-29 Partizan edge. Weems followed free throws with a turnaround jumper as CSKA regained the lead. Partizan struggled to score against the hosts' well-adjusted defense. Meanwhile, Vorontsevich and Jackson hit foul shots to give CSKA a 33-29 lead. Jackson collected a steal and sent an electric no-look pass to Weems for an easy basket, but CSKA faced foul trouble as Kaun and Dimitriy Sokolov had picked up 3 apiece. Gagic, Gordon and Lucic split free throws, however a three-pointer by Jackson kept the hosts way ahead, 38-32. Musli hit a jump hook, which Vorontsevich matched with foul shots. A three-pointer by Vladimir Micov soon caused Coach Dusko Vukosevic to call timeout at 43-34. Teodosic fed Khryapa for an easy layup and bettered Musli's dunk with a triple for a 48-36 CSKA lead at halftime.

Third quarter: CSKA gives Partizan no chance

Both teams struggled to score after the break until Khryapa sank a five-meter jumper. Partizan picked up consecutive 24-second violations and was held scoreless for more than three minutes without Gordic, its only point guard tonight, on the floor. Musli hit a four-meter jumper, as Partizan tried a more dynamic lineup with Branislav Djekic at power forward. Weems scored around the basket, but a three-pointer by Milosavljevic brought the guests a bit closer, 52-41. Milosavljevic insisted from downtown, however Weems quickly answered with a catch-and-shoot jumper and a triple by Christmas allowed CSKA to get some fresh air at 57-44. Milosavljevic kept pacing Partizan with free throws, but Jackson and Christmas boosted the hosts' lead to 60-46. Lucic drew a foul and did not miss from the line, but he didn't find much help around. A free throw by Christmas fixed the score at 61-48 after 30 minutes.

Fourth quarter: The home fans get to celebrate early

Milutinov stepped up with a put-back basket early in the fourth quarter as Partizan kept trying to slow down the game tempo to look for open shots. Micov buried a corner three-pointer to give CSKA a 64-50 margin with eight minutes to go. Khryapa provided a highlight with a fast break slam and a layup by Jackson sealed the outcome, 68-50. Gordon made free throws, which Kaun erased with a dunk. Teodosic fed Jackson for an acrobatic layup as both teams sped up the game tempo in the final minutes of the game. Gordon banked in a turnaround shot, but Weems sank a baseline jumper and Christmas added a fast break layup to allow the CSKA fans to start celebrating at 76-54. By the time Teodosic delivered his 11th assist to Vorontsevich, everything was said and done. CSKA had clinched a Top 16 berth!

Thursday, November 22, 2012

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Referees: CMIKIEWICZ, MAREK; NURAN, RUSTU; ESTERON, OMER

Attendance: 8162 (Tentative)

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
CSKA Moscow	23	25	13	17
Partizan mt:s Belgrade	22	14	12	13

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
CSKA Moscow	23	48	61	78
Partizan mt:s Belgrade	22	36	48	61

CSKA Moscow

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	TEODOSIC, MILOS	27:15	5	1/3	1/2			4	4	11	4	4			2	1	16
5	MICOV, VLADIMIR	19:30	6	0/4	2/2			2	2	1						2	7
7	JACKSON, AARON	22:07	11	3/4	1/1	2/4	1	1	2	2	1	3			3	2	9
11	SOKOLOV, DMITRY	11:44		0/1			1	2	3			2	3		5	1	-1
13	WEEMS, SONNY	21:54	14	5/9	0/1	4/4		1	1	1		3			2	2	8
14	ZOZULIN, ALEKSEY	2:56						2	2			2
18	VORONOV, EVGENY	4:02		0/1				1	1			1			2		-3
20	VORONTSEVICH, ANDREY	22:25	12	2/2	1/2	5/5	1	4	5		2				1	3	20
22	CHRISTMAS, DIONTE	11:22	13	2/3	2/3	3/5					1	1			2	3	10
24	KAUN, SASHA	24:03	6	3/4				6	6	1		1	3		3		11
31	KHRYAPA, VICTOR	21:48	11	5/10		1/2	1	2	3	4	2	1	1		3	2	13
33	PONKRASHOV, ANTON	10:54		0/2				1	1						2	2	-1
	Team						2	1	3								3
	Totals	200:00	78	21/43	7/11	15/20	6	27	33	20	10	18	7	0	25	18	92
				48.8%	63.6%	75%

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

Partizan mt:s Belgrade

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
8	MILUTINOV, NIKOLA	10:07	4	2/5			2	2	4					2	1	1	3
10	GORDIC, NEMANJA	15:22	4	2/4	0/1		1	2	3	1		3		1			1
11	LUCIC, VLADIMIR	36:11	12	2/8	1/2	5/7	1	1	2		3	4		2	4	9	7
12	MILOSAVLJEVIC, DRAGAN	31:58	12	2/4	2/4	2/2	1	1	2	2	2	2			5	6	13
14	GAGIC, DJORDJE	6:48	4	1/2		2/4	1		1					1		3	4
15	MUSLI, DEJAN	23:05	9	4/7		1/1	1	5	6	3		2		1		2	14
17	CEKOVSKY, MICHAL	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	CAKAREVIC, MARKO	10:32	3	0/1	1/1			1	1		1				1		3
31	DJEKIC, BRANISLAV	4:57		0/1				1	1
32	GORDON, DREW	30:11	11	4/8	0/1	3/4		5	5	1	1				3	2	11
33	ANDJUSIC, DANILO	7:46		0/1	0/2					2						1
44	BERTANS, DAVIS	23:03	2	1/1	0/3	0/2		3	3		2	3			4	1	-4
	Team						3	2	5			4					1
	Totals	200:00	61	18/42	4/14	13/20	10	23	33	9	9	18	0	7	18	25	53
				42.9%	28.6%	65%

Head coach: VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO

Head Coaches

MESSINA, ETTORE

CSKA Moscow

"Obviously it was a good game for our team. The offensive flow was probably the best for us this season. There were some strange feeling in the beginning because the opponents missed their point guard Westermann and we missed power forward Erceg and center Krstic. Still we were able to control post-up situations, fought for rebounds. Vorontsevich was great on both ends of the floor, Sokolov helped a lot, Kaun played good game. The only problem is that sometimes we did not pass well, over-dribbled the ball, slowed our offense, but most time of the game we moved the ball and defended well."

VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO

Partizan mt:s Belgrade

"It was a well-deserved win for CSKA. Our main problem was that we missed Westermann. I think if he and Krstic were able to play, the game would be much more interesting for the fans. The other players on our team did not use the chance to step up. And in comparison to the game in Belgrade, CSKA raised the level of its game obviously."

Players

VORONTSEVICH, ANDREY

CSKA Moscow

"We wanted to play a good game today, especially after our loss to Barcelona at home. And we also had a strong will to show our fans that we are still ready to be on top. CSKA played off our defense first of all to reach our goals. On offense we passed a lot and each player found his own position to score. Partizan is a young, confident, ambitious team which tried to make problems for us. Today they tried to take all the rebounds and move fast on offense. It was hard to stop them."

MILOSAVLJEVIC, DRAGAN

Partizan mt:s Belgrade

"We had a bad game today. CSKA was really aggressive; we missed open shots and had some problems with the injured players. It was important game for us. Sometimes we tried to do our best, sometimes we had problems and played bad. Partizan is a young team and we must keep working to win the next game. "