BASKETBALL

Pre-game Report: CSKA Moscow – Fenerbahçe Beko

21 January 2021 Thursday 11:51

In the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 21, Fenerbahçe Beko is looking for an away victory over CSKA Moscow, tomorrow at 20.00. This match will be broadcasted on beIN Sports 3.

Referees:

Juan Carlos Garcia (Spain)
Mario Majkic (Slovenia)
Hugues Thepenier (France) 

Fenerbahçe Beko – Game Notes

Twelve different players have started games for Fenerbahçe Beko so far this season. Edgaras Ulanovas is the only player to start every game.
 
Marko Guduric has started all five games since joining the team. Fenerbahçe is 5-0 in those games.

Jan Vesely has scored at least 10 points and posted a PIR in double-digits in eight of his last nine games.

Nando De Colo has scored in double figures and posted double-digit PIRs in six of his last seven appearances.
De Colo has at least 1 steal in six of his last seven games.

DyShawn Pierre has made 23 consecutive free throws.

Jarell Eddie is perfect in 12 trips to the free-throw line this season.

Lorenzo Brown ranks second in steals this season with 1.7 per game and Nando De Colo is tied for fifth with 1.4 per game.

Nando De Colo ranks second in the league in free-throw accuracy at 97.8%.

Ahmet Duverioglu ranks fourth this season in two-point accuracy at 73.8%.

Jan Vesely ranks sixth all-time with 457 offensive rebounds. Vesely is sixth all-time with 959 two-pointers made. Vesely is 11th all-time with 159 career blocks. Vesely is ranked ninth all-time with 1,171 rebounds. Vesely is in 17th place all-time with 2,504 points.

Nando De Colo is the all-time leader in free-throw accuracy at 94.2%. De Colo is ranked fourth all-time in scoring with 3,251 points. De Colo ranks fourth all-time with 813 free throws made. De Colo ranks seventh all-time with 3,643 index rating points. De Colo is in 19th place all-time with 312 career three-pointers. Ali Muhammed ranks 20th with 305.

Muhammed is 16 points shy of reaching 1,500 for his career.

Edgaras Ulanovas needs 4 more steals to reach 100 for his career.

Ahmet Duverioglu ranks fifth all-time in two-point accuracy at 67.1%.

CSKA Moscow Roster and Game Notes
 

Guards: Mike James, Daniel Hackett, Janis Strelnikes, Ivan Ukhov
Forwards: Darrun Hilliard, Will Clyburn, Semen Antonov, Nikita Kurbanov, Johannes Voigtmann, Andrei Lopatin, Tornike Shengelia
Centers: Nikola Milutinov, Joel Bolomboy
Coach: Dimitris Itoudis
 
Ten different players have appeared in CSKA's starting lineups so far this season. Only Nikita Kurbanov has started every game.
 
Will Clyburn is out with an ankle injury.
 
Daniel Hackett has missed the last three games with an ankle injury.
 
Mike James has made at least 1 three-point shot in 14 straight and 39 of his last 40 games. James has scored in double figures in 14 straight and 44 of his last 45 games. James has posted a PIR of at least 19 in 12 straight games.

Will Clyburn has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight of his last nine games.
Darrun Hilliard has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight of his last nine games. Hilliard has made 14 consecutive free throws.
 
Mike James leads the EuroLeague in scoring this season with 20.4 points per game. James ranks sixth this season with 5.9 assists per game. James ranks second this season in average PIR with 21.5 per game and Nikola Milutinov ranks seventh with 17.4 per game. James ranks fourth this season with 2.7 three-point shots made per game.
Nikola Milutinov leads the league this season with 8.6 rebounds per game and in offensive rebounding with 4.4 per game.
 
In Round 17, Nikola Milutinov smashed the EuroLeague single-game record with 16 offensive rebounds. Milutinov ranks seventh all-time with 451 offensive rebounds. 
Janis Strelnieks ranks ninth all-time in free-throw accuracy at 90.34%.
Mike James needs 1 more three-pointer to reach 300 for his career.
 
Team Stats - Offense (CSKA Moscow - Fenerbahçe Beko):
 

Points: 84.6 – 75.9
Rebounds: 37.7 – 30.8
Assists: 15.3 – 18.6
Steals: 5.9 – 6.9
Blocks: 2.1 – 1.9
2 PTs: %50.7 - %54.3
3 PTs: %38.0 - %39.2
FTs: %77.1 - %83.3
Efficiency: 93.9 – 83.5
 
Team Stats - Defense (CSKA Moscow - Fenerbahçe Beko):

Points: 79.0 – 78.1
Rebounds: 32.4 – 34.0
Assists: 17.0 – 20.0
Steals: 5.9 – 7.7
Blocks: 2.7 – 2.4
2 PTs: %50.9 - %51.5
3 PTs: %37.0 - %37.4
FTs: %82.3 - %77.2
Efficiency: 82.0 – 89.3
 
Stats Leaders (CSKA Moscow - Fenerbahçe Beko):
 
Points: James 20.4, Clyburn 14.1, Hilliard 11.1 / De Colo 12.1, Vesely 11.8, Brown 10.7
Rebounds: Milutinov 8.6, Shengelia 5.2, Voigtmann 5.0 / Vesely 5.3
Assists: James 5.9 / Brown 3.9, De Colo 3.5
Steals: James 1.1, Hackett 1.0 / Brown 1.7, De Colo 1.4
Efficiency: James 21.5, Milutinov 17.4, Clyburn 13.1 / Vesely 15.2, De Colo 14.9, Pierre 10.5

Past Meetings:
 
2019-20 – Regular Season – Fenerbahçe Beko 77-78 CSKA Moscow
2019-20 – Regular Season – CSKA Moscow 88-70 Fenerbahçe Beko
2018-19 – Regular Season – CSKA Moscow 70-68 Fenerbahçe Beko
2018-19 – Regular Season – Fenerbahçe Beko 79-75 CSKA Moscow
2017-18 – Regular Season - Fenerbahçe Doğuş 79 – 81 CSKA Moscow
2017-18 – Regular Season - CSKA Moscow 93 – 95 Fenerbahçe Doğuş
2016-17 – Regular Season - Fenerbahçe 77 – 71 CSKA Moscow
2016-17 – Regular Season - CSKA Moscow 79 – 95 Fenerbahçe
2015-16 - Final Four – Fenerbahçe 96 – 101 CSKA Moscow
2014-15 - Final Four - Fenerbahçe Ülker 80 – 86 CSKA Moscow
2014-15 - Top 16 - CSKA Moscow 75 – 81 Fenerbahçe Ülker 
2014-15 - Top 16 - Fenerbahçe Ülker 81 – 84 CSKA Moscow
2013-14 – Regular Season - CSKA Moscow 74 – 78 Fenerbahçe Ülker 
2013-14 – Regular Season - Fenerbahçe Ülker 86 - 60 CSKA Moscow
2008-09 – Top 16 - CSKA Moscow 77 – 60 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2008-09 - Top 16 - Fenerbahçe Ülker 48 – 66 CSKA Moscow
2006-07 – Regular Season - CSKA Moscow 85 – 66 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2006-07 – Regular Season - Fenerbahçe Ülker 64 – 74 CSKA Moscow