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Olympiacos 73 - 83 CSKA Moscow

PLAYOFFS, GAME 2

GROUP Quarterfinal 1

Fenerbahce Ulker 65 - Montepaschi Siena 86

GROUP Quarterfinal 2

Partizan Igokea 76 - Tau Ceramica 55

GROUP Quarterfinal 3

AXA FC Barcelona 83 - Maccabi Elite 74

GROUP Quarterfinal 4

Olympiacos 73 - CSKA Moscow 83

Records

Ave.		Ave.
0-0	Final Four	0-0
1-0	Playoffs	0-1
4-2	Top 16	4-2
7-7	Regular Season	12-2
12-9	Overall	16-5

Referees

Crew Chief

ARTEAGA, JUAN CARLOS, Spain

Referee

GARCIA ORTIZ, JOSE RAMON, Spain

Umpire

MUHVIC, DUBRAVKO, Croatia

Team Stats

Ave.		Ave.
81.1	Points	78.3
32.6	Rebounds	32.5
8.9	O. Rebounds	8.5
23.7	D. Rebounds	24.0
12.9	Assists	13.9
8.0	Steals	7.9
2.9	Blocks	2.7
13.4	Turnovers	10.6
53.5 %	2PT	52.7 %
36.9 %	3PT	39.4 %
82.7 %	FT	75.0 %
87.8	Index	90.6

Team Stats - Olympiacos

Team Stats - CSKA Moscow

Player Stats

Ave.		Ave.
15.1 / JACKSON, MARC	Points	13.1 / Andersen
6.0 / JACKSON, MARC	Rebounds	6.1 / Andersen
2.2 / JACKSON, MARC	OR	2.1 / Goree
3.8 / JACKSON, MARC	DR	4.5 / Andersen
3.5 / Greer	Assists	4.7 / Papaloukas
1.3 / Greer	Steals	1.2 / LANGDON, TRAJAN
1.2 / Bourousis	Blocks	1.0 / Goree
2.5 / JACKSON, MARC	Turnovers	2.0 / Papaloukas
75.0 % / TSAKALIDIS, JAKE	2PT	56.8 % / SISKAUSKAS, RAMUNAS
43.6 % / Vasileiadis	3PT	54.3 % / Andersen
100.0 % / Vasileiadis	FT	87.7 % / Andersen
16.8 / JACKSON, MARC	Index	15.1 / Andersen

Team Roster - Olympiacos

Team Roster - CSKA Moscow

THE TAKE

Olympiacos Piraeus will look to advance to the Final Four for the first time in nearly a decade when it hosts CSKA Moscow on Thursday in Game 2 of their best-of-three Euroleague Basketball Quarterfinal Playoffs series at the Peace and Friendship Arena in Athens, Greece. The Reds stunned CSKA on a Lynn Greer buzzer-beater to win Game 1 74-76 on Tuesday in Moscow. Now Olympiacos, which last played in the Final Four in 1999 in Munich, is one game from another trip to basketball’s promised land. However to do so, head coach Panagiotis Giannakis’s squad must knock off a Euroleague giant. CSKA has been to the Final Four every season since 2003, won the title in Prague in 2006 and was the runner-up last season in Athens. Now with their backs to the wall, head coach Ettore Messina’s men will look to prove their mettle one more time and the first task at hand is to win in Athens and force a Game 3 that would take place in the Russian capital next week. There were a number of Game 1 heroes for the Reds, but none was bigger than Greer, who in addition to his game-winner over Nikos Zisis, finished with 19 points and 6 assists. Qyntel Woods scored 20 points and spent time frustrating reigning Euroleague MVP Theodoros Papaloukas with strong one-on-one defense in his best output in months and Rod Blakney was efficient at the point guard spot to lead Olympiacos, which made 10 of 20 three-pointers. Giannakis was without the recently released Marc Jackson for the first time all season, but the move seemed to have no negative impact on the team. However CSKA was unable to take advantage of Jackson’s absence, in part because its big man, Tomas Van den Spiegel, was also sidelined with an ankle problem. Matjaz Smodis, in his best game since returning from injury, paced CSKA with 21 and David Andersen added 15. Despite the loss, CSKA can be pleased with the character it showed in storming back from a double-digit fourth quarter deficit just to tie the game. The visitors also have some reasons to feel comfortable in Athens. Among them, Papaloukas is an Athenian and once played for Olympiacos, Nikos Zisis played for AEK Athens and Ramunas Siskauskas played for Red-rival Panathinaikos last season. In addition to the home-court advantage, the Reds may be the hottest team in the Euroleague right now with a five-game winning streak. Some keys for Game 2 for Giannakis are getting another strong performance from the somewhat inconsistent Woods, keeping Greer fresh against CSKA’s physical defense just 48 hours after the first game and finding more production from the bench – aside from Ioannis Bouroussis, the Reds’ reserves had 2 points and 8 rebounds in 41 minutes in Game 1. Meanwhile CSKA’s focus for Game 2 needs to be on its own transition defense, finding a solution to free Papaloukas from Woods and of course on the mental side for preparing for a situation it’s not used to. With Van den Spiegel hopeful to play, CSKA has all the tools to bounce back, making Game 2 a can’t-miss basketball event for any true fan. Wednesday, April 02, 2008 Euroleague.net

Olympiacos Piraeus will look to advance to the Final Four for the first time in nearly a decade when it hosts CSKA Moscow on Thursday in Game 2 of their best-of-three Euroleague Basketball Quarterfinal Playoffs series at the Peace and Friendship Arena in Athens, Greece. The Reds stunned CSKA on a Lynn Greer buzzer-beater to win Game 1 74-76 on Tuesday in Moscow. Now Olympiacos, which last played in the Final Four in 1999 in Munich, is one game from another trip to basketball’s promised land. However to do so, head coach Panagiotis Giannakis’s squad must knock off a Euroleague giant. CSKA has been to the Final Four every season since 2003, won the title in Prague in 2006 and was the runner-up last season in Athens. Now with their backs to the wall, head coach Ettore Messina’s men will look to prove their mettle one more time and the first task at hand is to win in Athens and force a Game 3 that would take place in the Russian capital next week. There were a number of Game 1 heroes for the Reds, but none was bigger than Greer, who in addition to his game-winner over Nikos Zisis, finished with 19 points and 6 assists. Qyntel Woods scored 20 points and spent time frustrating reigning Euroleague MVP Theodoros Papaloukas with strong one-on-one defense in his best output in months and Rod Blakney was efficient at the point guard spot to lead Olympiacos, which made 10 of 20 three-pointers. Giannakis was without the recently released Marc Jackson for the first time all season, but the move seemed to have no negative impact on the team. However CSKA was unable to take advantage of Jackson’s absence, in part because its big man, Tomas Van den Spiegel, was also sidelined with an ankle problem. Matjaz Smodis, in his best game since returning from injury, paced CSKA with 21 and David Andersen added 15. Despite the loss, CSKA can be pleased with the character it showed in storming back from a double-digit fourth quarter deficit just to tie the game. The visitors also have some reasons to feel comfortable in Athens. Among them, Papaloukas is an Athenian and once played for Olympiacos, Nikos Zisis played for AEK Athens and Ramunas Siskauskas played for Red-rival Panathinaikos last season. In addition to the home-court advantage, the Reds may be the hottest team in the Euroleague right now with a five-game winning streak. Some keys for Game 2 for Giannakis are getting another strong performance from the somewhat inconsistent Woods, keeping Greer fresh against CSKA’s physical defense just 48 hours after the first game and finding more production from the bench – aside from Ioannis Bouroussis, the Reds’ reserves had 2 points and 8 rebounds in 41 minutes in Game 1. Meanwhile CSKA’s focus for Game 2 needs to be on its own transition defense, finding a solution to free Papaloukas from Woods and of course on the mental side for preparing for a situation it’s not used to. With Van den Spiegel hopeful to play, CSKA has all the tools to bounce back, making Game 2 a can’t-miss basketball event for any true fan.

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Euroleague.net

Quotes Head Coaches

GIANNAKIS, PANAGIOTIS Olympiacos "I am always thinking of the next ball, that means the first play on offense or the first defense of Game 2. My philosophy is based on one simple thing: we always have to go step by step. We beat CSKA away, but Game 2 is more difficult than the previous one, so we must pay attention. Compared to Game 1, I would like my team to keep its concentration for 40 minutes and not allow CSKA to take advantage of some mistakes we committed in the last minutes, both on defense and offense. We have a big opportunity to make the Final Four, but nothing is decided yet. We only played the first half and I am sure that CSKA will come to Piraeus to give a big fight. They are a great team with an excellent coach and players with talent and experience, so they will not let things go."

GIANNAKIS, PANAGIOTIS

Olympiacos

"I am always thinking of the next ball, that means the first play on offense or the first defense of Game 2. My philosophy is based on one simple thing: we always have to go step by step. We beat CSKA away, but Game 2 is more difficult than the previous one, so we must pay attention. Compared to Game 1, I would like my team to keep its concentration for 40 minutes and not allow CSKA to take advantage of some mistakes we committed in the last minutes, both on defense and offense. We have a big opportunity to make the Final Four, but nothing is decided yet. We only played the first half and I am sure that CSKA will come to Piraeus to give a big fight. They are a great team with an excellent coach and players with talent and experience, so they will not let things go."

Players

WOODS, QYNTEL Olympiacos "We took back the homecourt advantage and this is a big deal in such a competition. We are ready to play a real final and make it. CSKA is a great team and they will come to play the game of their lives, but now most of the things depend on ourselves. We have good tempo and psychology, so we need to take advantage of this and play our game, especially on defense."

WOODS, QYNTEL

Olympiacos

"We took back the homecourt advantage and this is a big deal in such a competition. We are ready to play a real final and make it. CSKA is a great team and they will come to play the game of their lives, but now most of the things depend on ourselves. We have good tempo and psychology, so we need to take advantage of this and play our game, especially on defense."

ZISIS, NIKOS CSKA Moscow "There is no other option: go there, play hard, win and return home for the third game. We have to study Game 1 and become wiser on some things that didn't work in Moscow. We have to find solutions to the problems that Olympiacos put on the court and play smart. CSKA has the heart of a champion and also players with great value, experience and quality."

ZISIS, NIKOS

CSKA Moscow

"There is no other option: go there, play hard, win and return home for the third game. We have to study Game 1 and become wiser on some things that didn't work in Moscow. We have to find solutions to the problems that Olympiacos put on the court and play smart. CSKA has the heart of a champion and also players with great value, experience and quality."

CSKA Moscow remained alive in the Quarterfinal Playoffs and forced a deciding Game 3 in its series by beating Olympiacos Piraeus 73-83 on Thursday night at the Peace and Friendship Arena in Athens, Greece. The final game of the best-of-three series will take place next week in Moscow. The Reds were the only road team to win Game 1 of the playoffs this season when Lynn Greer’s buzzer-beating jumper knocked off the Russian champs on Tuesday, but CSKA avenged that defeat thanks to a stellar shooting night from Ramunas Siskauskas, Trajan Langdon and Matjaz Smodis. The three combined to shoot 12 for 15 from downtown to lead CSKA. The Reds seemed poised to march to the Final Four when they built a double-digit lead in the opening period. However soon Theodoros Papaloukas came off the bench and showed why he’s the reigning Euroleague Basketball MVP with a series of assists that gave his team the momentum as CSKA gained a 38-42 halftime lead. Siskauskas erupted in the third quarter and the CSKA lead swelled to as high as 16. The home team began to look tired and CSKA controlled the game the rest of the way. Some fourth-quarter heroics from Qyntel Woods and Giorgos Printezis helped trim the gap to 8, but Papaloukas made the needed free throws to ice the win. Siskauskas led all scorers with 20 points, Langdon finished with 18, Smodis 17 and Papaloukas recorded 7 points and 7 assists. Woods paced the Reds with 19 points and 7 rebounds and Printezis added 17 points and 7 boards. Both teams put the ball in the paint for their first baskets coming from Greer and Jake Tsakalidis for Olympiacos and David Andersen for CSKA at 4-2. A Tsakalidis hook followed by Woods free throws gave the hosts an 8-3 lead. Andersen scored from the corner at the shot-clock buzzer, but it was obvious that both teams were paying the most attention to their defense. Greer dished the ball for a nice basket-plus-foul by Printezis as Olympiacos built an 11-5 difference. Theo Papaloukas came off the bench to improve CSKA’s perimeter passing and he dished a couple of assists to Holden and Smodis as CSKA trimmed it to 11-10. However, the hosts reacted with three consecutive three-pointers from Rod Blackney, Printezis and Woods. Greer found a pair from the line to make it 22-13 before Holden’s jumper answered back for CSKA at 22-15. Olympiacos was ready to close the first period in fashion, though; Ioannis Bouroussis connected for a lay-up-plus-free-throw and blocked Nikos Zisis’s attempt on the other end and when Lukas Mavrokefalidis nailed a six-meter jumper, the hosts were ahead 27-15. Marcus Goree found easy points inside and Langdon copied him to start CSKA’s comeback. Siskauskas was open from behind the arc to get within 5. Woods stepped up, but the guests were now dictating the tempo as Langdon and Sikauskas trimmed it to 29-27. Papaloukas’s presence on the court had changed the momentum; Papaloukas was about to reach 7 assists after two quarters. Milos Teodosic fired in a three-pointer to curb CSKA’s enthusiasm, but soon Andersen cut it again to 32-29. CSKA was now playing some incredible defense forcing Olympiacos to shoot under pressure. Siskauskas rose for a big triple over the hands of Bouroussis, Papaloukas ran the open floor for a layup and when Smodis scored on the offensive boards, CSKA was led 32-36. Woods showed some signs of reaction for Olympiacos, but Siskauskas raised it again to 34-40. Woods bore again offensive responsibility to allow the hosts come as close a 38-42 by halftime. CSKA continued to dominate on court in the beginning of the third quarter as the guests quickly reeled off 7 points to take a double-digit lead behind the hot hand of Siskauskas. Tsakalidis scored for the Reds, but Siskauskas was in the zone and fired in back-to-back triples to make it 40-55 and silence the crowd. Woods and Greer tried to create their own shots for Olympiacos, but CSKA was now working as a perfect machine on the offensive end as Langdon popped in another three-pointer to make it 44-60. Blakney answered with two layups to bring some hope for Olympiacos at 49-60, but Holden connected at the shot-clock-buzzer. Blakney again scored for the hosts to make it 51-62, but there was much road for Olympiacos to walk as CSKA was controlling the tempo. Smodis nailed his third triple so far to raise it to 51-66. Printezis tipped the ball in and later on scored on another offensive board to get twithin 11, but Langdon was there with the third quarter’s final word after gunning a really difficult three-pointer for 56-70. Printezis continued to be the go-to-guy for Olympiacos, having scored the hosts’ last 9 points as he began the last period with 7 points of his own. But, Siskauskas was there for CSKA and he made it 61-72. Smodis then nailed another one from behind the arc. Bouroussis made it 63-75 and after three scoreless minutes Woods impressively finished an alley-oop to allow Olympiacos to believe, but Goree nailed an incredible jumper at the shot-clock buzzer to dampen the hosts’ hopes for a possible comeback. Panagiotis Vassilopoulos and Woods found triples from the corner to cut it to 71-79, but Papaloukas was accurate from the line as CSKA sealed the 73-83 win to stay alive and bring the series to Moscow again. Thursday, April 03, 2008 Stelios Kyriakoglou, Athens

CSKA Moscow remained alive in the Quarterfinal Playoffs and forced a deciding Game 3 in its series by beating Olympiacos Piraeus 73-83 on Thursday night at the Peace and Friendship Arena in Athens, Greece. The final game of the best-of-three series will take place next week in Moscow. The Reds were the only road team to win Game 1 of the playoffs this season when Lynn Greer’s buzzer-beating jumper knocked off the Russian champs on Tuesday, but CSKA avenged that defeat thanks to a stellar shooting night from Ramunas Siskauskas, Trajan Langdon and Matjaz Smodis. The three combined to shoot 12 for 15 from downtown to lead CSKA. The Reds seemed poised to march to the Final Four when they built a double-digit lead in the opening period. However soon Theodoros Papaloukas came off the bench and showed why he’s the reigning Euroleague Basketball MVP with a series of assists that gave his team the momentum as CSKA gained a 38-42 halftime lead. Siskauskas erupted in the third quarter and the CSKA lead swelled to as high as 16. The home team began to look tired and CSKA controlled the game the rest of the way. Some fourth-quarter heroics from Qyntel Woods and Giorgos Printezis helped trim the gap to 8, but Papaloukas made the needed free throws to ice the win. Siskauskas led all scorers with 20 points, Langdon finished with 18, Smodis 17 and Papaloukas recorded 7 points and 7 assists. Woods paced the Reds with 19 points and 7 rebounds and Printezis added 17 points and 7 boards.

Both teams put the ball in the paint for their first baskets coming from Greer and Jake Tsakalidis for Olympiacos and David Andersen for CSKA at 4-2. A Tsakalidis hook followed by Woods free throws gave the hosts an 8-3 lead. Andersen scored from the corner at the shot-clock buzzer, but it was obvious that both teams were paying the most attention to their defense. Greer dished the ball for a nice basket-plus-foul by Printezis as Olympiacos built an 11-5 difference. Theo Papaloukas came off the bench to improve CSKA’s perimeter passing and he dished a couple of assists to Holden and Smodis as CSKA trimmed it to 11-10. However, the hosts reacted with three consecutive three-pointers from Rod Blackney, Printezis and Woods. Greer found a pair from the line to make it 22-13 before Holden’s jumper answered back for CSKA at 22-15. Olympiacos was ready to close the first period in fashion, though; Ioannis Bouroussis connected for a lay-up-plus-free-throw and blocked Nikos Zisis’s attempt on the other end and when Lukas Mavrokefalidis nailed a six-meter jumper, the hosts were ahead 27-15.

Georgios Printezis - Olympiacos

Marcus Goree found easy points inside and Langdon copied him to start CSKA’s comeback. Siskauskas was open from behind the arc to get within 5. Woods stepped up, but the guests were now dictating the tempo as Langdon and Sikauskas trimmed it to 29-27. Papaloukas’s presence on the court had changed the momentum; Papaloukas was about to reach 7 assists after two quarters. Milos Teodosic fired in a three-pointer to curb CSKA’s enthusiasm, but soon Andersen cut it again to 32-29. CSKA was now playing some incredible defense forcing Olympiacos to shoot under pressure. Siskauskas rose for a big triple over the hands of Bouroussis, Papaloukas ran the open floor for a layup and when Smodis scored on the offensive boards, CSKA was led 32-36. Woods showed some signs of reaction for Olympiacos, but Siskauskas raised it again to 34-40. Woods bore again offensive responsibility to allow the hosts come as close a 38-42 by halftime.

CSKA continued to dominate on court in the beginning of the third quarter as the guests quickly reeled off 7 points to take a double-digit lead behind the hot hand of Siskauskas. Tsakalidis scored for the Reds, but Siskauskas was in the zone and fired in back-to-back triples to make it 40-55 and silence the crowd. Woods and Greer tried to create their own shots for Olympiacos, but CSKA was now working as a perfect machine on the offensive end as Langdon popped in another three-pointer to make it 44-60. Blakney answered with two layups to bring some hope for Olympiacos at 49-60, but Holden connected at the shot-clock-buzzer. Blakney again scored for the hosts to make it 51-62, but there was much road for Olympiacos to walk as CSKA was controlling the tempo. Smodis nailed his third triple so far to raise it to 51-66. Printezis tipped the ball in and later on scored on another offensive board to get twithin 11, but Langdon was there with the third quarter’s final word after gunning a really difficult three-pointer for 56-70.

Marcus Goree - CSKA Moscow

Printezis continued to be the go-to-guy for Olympiacos, having scored the hosts’ last 9 points as he began the last period with 7 points of his own. But, Siskauskas was there for CSKA and he made it 61-72. Smodis then nailed another one from behind the arc. Bouroussis made it 63-75 and after three scoreless minutes Woods impressively finished an alley-oop to allow Olympiacos to believe, but Goree nailed an incredible jumper at the shot-clock buzzer to dampen the hosts’ hopes for a possible comeback. Panagiotis Vassilopoulos and Woods found triples from the corner to cut it to 71-79, but Papaloukas was accurate from the line as CSKA sealed the 73-83 win to stay alive and bring the series to Moscow again.

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Stelios Kyriakoglou, Athens

Referees: ARTEAGA, JUAN CARLOS (ESP), GARCIA ORTIZ, JOSE RAMON (ESP), MUHVIC, DUBRAVKO (CRO)

Attendance: 12000

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Olympiacos	27	11	18	17
CSKA Moscow	15	27	28	13

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Olympiacos	27	38	56	73
CSKA Moscow	15	42	70	83

Head coach: GIANNAKIS, PANAGIOTIS

Olympiacos
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	BLAKNEY, RODERICK	24:36	9	2/3	1/1	2/2	1		1	4		1			1	1	12
6	WOODS, QYNTEL	31:56	19	4/7	2/4	5/6	1	6	7		1		1		4	5	23
7	MACIJAUSKAS, ARVYDAS	9:22		0/1	0/1			1	1						2	2	-1
9	BOUROUSIS, IOANNIS	23:12	6	2/4		2/3	1	5	6				2		3	2	10
10	TSAKALIDIS, JAKE	16:48	6	3/3				2	2						1		7
11	GREER, LYNN	28:36	8	3/6	0/2	2/2		1	1	5		4		2	1	3	5
12	MAVROKEFALIDES, LOUKAS	4:57	2	1/1				1	1								3
13	VASILOPOULOS, PANAGIOTIS	17:22	3	0/2	1/4			2	2			1			4	1	-4
14	VASILEIADIS, KOSTAS	2:05								1					3		-2
16	PRINTEZIS, GEORGIOS	23:40	17	5/6	1/2	4/4	2	5	7			2			1	3	22
17	KAFKIS, PANAGIOTIS	2:02
18	TEODOSIC, MILOS	15:24	3	0/2	1/2					1				1	2	1	-1
	Team							1	1								1
	Totals	200:00	73	20/35	6/16	15/17	5	24	29	11	1	8	3	3	22	18	75
				57.1%	37.5%	88.2%

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

Head coach: MESSINA, ETTORE

CSKA Moscow
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
4	PAPALOUKAS, THEODOROS	29:17	7	2/2	0/2	3/5	1	2	3	7	2				2	6	19
6	ZISIS, NIKOS	11:56	1	0/2	0/1	1/2		3	3					1	1	1	-1
8	SMODIS, MATJAZ	30:04	17	2/5	4/4	1/2	2	2	4	1					3	2	17
9	SISKAUSKAS, RAMUNAS	21:37	20	4/4	4/7			4	4	3	1	1	1		4	5	26
10	HOLDEN, J.R.	23:02	8	3/3	0/2	2/4		2	2	2	1	1			3	2	7
11	PASHUTIN, ZAKHAR	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	ANDERSEN, DAVID	24:55	8	4/8		0/1	1	3	4	2					2	3	10
15	ZABELIN, ARTEM	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	VORONTSEVICH, ANDREY	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	LANGDON, TRAJAN	36:28	18	3/5	4/4			4	4	3	1	2	1		2	2	23
22	GOREE, MARCUS	22:41	4	2/5	0/2	0/2		1	1		1		1	2	1	1	-2
31	KHRYAPA, VICTOR	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Team						2		2								2
	Totals	200:00	83	20/34	12/22	7/16	6	21	27	18	6	4	3	3	18	22	101
				58.8%	54.5%	43.8%

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Head Coaches

GIANNAKIS, PANAGIOTIS Olympiacos "Tonight, I saw a team that wanted badly to win. I mean my team. But, there is much difference between the desire and the way you have to handle situations like today's game. CSKA is far more experienced, they have played a bunch of no-tomorrow games as was tonight's and that explains today's result. We weren’t calm even when we were ahead in the score. That was the difference. CSKA deserved to win it. Experience counted. The next game will be a different story. We have one more chance."

GIANNAKIS, PANAGIOTIS

Olympiacos

"Tonight, I saw a team that wanted badly to win. I mean my team. But, there is much difference between the desire and the way you have to handle situations like today's game. CSKA is far more experienced, they have played a bunch of no-tomorrow games as was tonight's and that explains today's result. We weren’t calm even when we were ahead in the score. That was the difference. CSKA deserved to win it. Experience counted. The next game will be a different story. We have one more chance."

MESSINA, ETTORE CSKA Moscow "It was obviously a very important win for us as we stayed alive. But, we are strongly convinced that this was only the second of the three halves we have to play. As such, there is no room for celebration. Olympiacos can come to Moscow and beat us. The series is tied. We had too much pressure in the first game at home and that problem faced Olympiacos tonight. The home crowd always puts big pressure on the hosts. I think that Olympiacos became nervous when they built the early advantage and eventually lost their confidence, too. Both teams are great teams, both are actually Final Four teams."

MESSINA, ETTORE

CSKA Moscow

"It was obviously a very important win for us as we stayed alive. But, we are strongly convinced that this was only the second of the three halves we have to play. As such, there is no room for celebration. Olympiacos can come to Moscow and beat us. The series is tied. We had too much pressure in the first game at home and that problem faced Olympiacos tonight. The home crowd always puts big pressure on the hosts. I think that Olympiacos became nervous when they built the early advantage and eventually lost their confidence, too. Both teams are great teams, both are actually Final Four teams."

Players

PRINTEZIS, GEORGIOS Olympiacos "We had too much desire to win and that hurt us at the end as surprising as it sounds. We have to keep our concentration for 40 minutes, but unfortunately we didn’t do that tonight. We still believe we can make it to the Final Four."
BOUROUSIS, IOANNIS Olympiacos "We started the game very good, but our enthusiasm did us no good. We lost our concentration, made some mistakes on the defensive end and that cost us. Nothing is over, though. There is still one game to be played and we believe we can win it."

PRINTEZIS, GEORGIOS

Olympiacos

"We had too much desire to win and that hurt us at the end as surprising as it sounds. We have to keep our concentration for 40 minutes, but unfortunately we didn’t do that tonight. We still believe we can make it to the Final Four."

BOUROUSIS, IOANNIS

Olympiacos

"We started the game very good, but our enthusiasm did us no good. We lost our concentration, made some mistakes on the defensive end and that cost us. Nothing is over, though. There is still one game to be played and we believe we can win it."

PAPALOUKAS, THEODOROS CSKA Moscow "Tonight we had one goal; to play some good defense. And we did it. Olympiacos made some difficult shots in the beginning and the crowd got enthusiastic, but we managed to react immediately and the fans started putting extra pressure on the hosts. I think we showed our class and our character as a team. The third game will be as tough as this one, but we now have back the home-court advantage."
SISKAUSKAS, RAMUNAS CSKA Moscow "I think we played very good defense tonight, except for the first quarter. We managed to stop Greer and our tough defense proved the key. Everybody in the team wanted to prove that we can play much better than we did in Moscow two days ago. I think we were focused and did a great job tonight. I hope we won’t make the same mistakes in Game 3 and will qualify for Madrid."
ZISIS, NIKOS CSKA Moscow "We aimed to play a half-court game and not to open up the game. That was the main difference between this and the game in Moscow. We had some excellent ball movement and shooting from the perimeter, especially thanks to Papaloukas passing and three other players executing. Olympiacos hurt us in the first game in one-on-one situations, but tonight we were ready to defend."
SMODIS, MATJAZ CSKA Moscow "Today we showed we are a very good team. We played the game we should play; focused on defense and sticking to the plan. The next game will be a real tough one for both teams. Olympiacos proved that they are a good team on the road, but we will hopefully be ready to face them and be the team to qualify for the Final Four."

PAPALOUKAS, THEODOROS

CSKA Moscow

"Tonight we had one goal; to play some good defense. And we did it. Olympiacos made some difficult shots in the beginning and the crowd got enthusiastic, but we managed to react immediately and the fans started putting extra pressure on the hosts. I think we showed our class and our character as a team. The third game will be as tough as this one, but we now have back the home-court advantage."

SISKAUSKAS, RAMUNAS

CSKA Moscow

"I think we played very good defense tonight, except for the first quarter. We managed to stop Greer and our tough defense proved the key. Everybody in the team wanted to prove that we can play much better than we did in Moscow two days ago. I think we were focused and did a great job tonight. I hope we won’t make the same mistakes in Game 3 and will qualify for Madrid."

ZISIS, NIKOS

CSKA Moscow

"We aimed to play a half-court game and not to open up the game. That was the main difference between this and the game in Moscow. We had some excellent ball movement and shooting from the perimeter, especially thanks to Papaloukas passing and three other players executing. Olympiacos hurt us in the first game in one-on-one situations, but tonight we were ready to defend."

SMODIS, MATJAZ

CSKA Moscow

"Today we showed we are a very good team. We played the game we should play; focused on defense and sticking to the plan. The next game will be a real tough one for both teams. Olympiacos proved that they are a good team on the road, but we will hopefully be ready to face them and be the team to qualify for the Final Four."

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