By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
CSKA Moscow showcased its strength with an easy road win in Tel Aviv over Maccabi and Alba Berlin with a great come back in the last quarter got a key win over Unicaja Malaga at home with Reggie Redding being the man.
CSKA, despite still missing Teodosic and Khryapa, through defense (13 steals) never let Maccabi get into any kind of rhythm. The front line of Kaun (15 p., 10 r.) and Vorontsevich (13 p., 6 r. 4 as.) was unmatched, Sonny Weems had room to operate (19 p.) and after a 25-12 lead in the first quarter, things got easy. CSKA led even by 26 points (77-51) with three minutes to go and Maccabi never threaten them until the final 84-61.
In Berlin, Unicaja started the game with a 8/17 threes and that helped the Spaniards build a 45-37 half time lead. However, Alba managed to get a 70-65 lead with four minutes to go thanks to a 17-4 run in the last quarter. It was time for the Spaniards to react and Jason Granger tied the game at 75-75 with 58 seconds to go. Hammonds answered (77-75), Fran Vazquez tied the score with two free throws (77-77) and with 6 seconds to go Granger stole the ball from Hammonds. He was fouled and with 1/2 free throws he gave Unicaja the lead (78-77). He also prepared the stage for Reggie Redding to be the hero. With a buzzer beater the American of Alba made the final 79-78.
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