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CSKA fall to Orlando on the USA tour

Dwight Howard

by Eurobasket News - Oct 11, 2008

Orlando - CSKA 94:66 CSKA arrived to the USA to play two exhibition games against NBA teams. They tipped off the tour against the Orlando Magic in Florida. However the start was not a memorable one for the Moscow outfit. Dwight Howard (6'10''-F-85) exploded with 28 points and 10 rebounds to propel the Magic to an impressive victory. The hosts looked the better team right from the start. They accounted for 37 points in the opening stanza and piled up an 18-point advantage.

Orlando - CSKA 94:66

CSKA arrived to the USA to play two exhibition games against NBA teams. They tipped off the tour against the Orlando Magic in Florida. However the start was not a memorable one for the Moscow outfit. Dwight Howard (6'10''-F-85) exploded with 28 points and 10 rebounds to propel the Magic to an impressive victory. The hosts looked the better team right from the start. They accounted for 37 points in the opening stanza and piled up an 18-point advantage. CSKA managed to slow their opponents down in the second term but scored just 10 points themselves. Orlando rolled to a 52:29 lead at halftime. Orlando never loosened the grip after the long break. Hidayet Turkoglu (6'9''-F-79) and Rashard Lewis (6'10''-F-79) paced the Magic as they stretched the margin to as many as 23 points before the fourth stanza. The hosts breezed to the victory in the final stanza. Hidayet Turkoglu provided 16 points for Olrando. Rashard Lewis added 15 points, while Brian Cook knocked down 7 for the winners. Terence Morris (6'9''-F-79, college: Maryland) replied with 16 points and 7 rebounds for CSKA. Trajan Langdon (6'4''-G-76, college: Duke) chipped in 12 points in the loss. CSKA outrebounded their opponents 39:37 but committed 22 turnovers and shot 40% from the field.
CSKA will next take on the Toronto Raptors on October 14.

Orlando: Dwight Howard 28+10 boards, Hidayet Turkoglu 16, Rashard Lewis 15
CSKA: Terence Morris 16, Trajan Langdon 12

Rostov, Samara and Lyubersti open Superleague 2008/2009

Sergei Toporov

by Eurobasket News - Oct 11, 2008

Three games opened the Superleague 2008/2009 last night. Rostov, Samara and Lyubersti welcomed three other teams but as a result the guests won the majority.
Unics had a road win over Lokomotiv Rostov 68:90. The hosts however opened the game with 24-18 in the opening quarter and had 7 points advantage entering the third period. Unics found its game right at that time and after the confident wins in the third and the last quarters celebrated the initial victory. Kirksay and Marko Popovic (185-G-82, college: S.Idaho JC) led the winners with 20 points. Zamanskiy nailed 15 and two other players netted 10. Fred House (196-F-78, college: S.Utah) top-scored for Lokomotiv Rostov with 17 points.
Ural Great survived over Samara 83:84 away from home. In that game the decisive period was the second one when the guests won 25-17. Dalmau and Vanja Plisnic (207-F/C-80, agency: Beo Basket) led the winners with 19 points. Surovtsev posted 14 and Liholitov ended up with 13.
Triumph was the only team to win at home in the start of the Superleague. The team from Lyubertsi overcame University Surgut 100:85. The hosts won the first three quarters and did not take care too much about the rest of the game. Sergei Toporov (197-F-81) top-scored for the winners with 19 points. Andersen had 16 and Bremer posted 15. Slavko Stefanovic (206-F-81, agency: Beo Basket) finished the night with 21 points in defeat.

Ural Great and Morlende part ways, new face in Rostov

Maxim Krivosheev

by Eurobasket News - Oct 10, 2008

French player Paccelis Morlende (189-G-81, agency: ANYPEX) is no more member of Russian Superleague team Ural Great. As a reminder, Morlende agreed terms with Ural during the last month but according to the Russian team, he is struggling with knee injury. Morlende spent previous two seasons in BCM Gravelines Dunkerque. He appeared 7 times in Pro A averaging 4.6 ppg and 2.7 rpg. A season before that was a way better for Morlende. His average digits in both Pro A and FIBA EuroCup were around 10 ppg, 2.5 rpg and 3 apg. Before Grevelines, Morlende used to play in Valladolid, Roseto, Benetton, Dijon and Kinder. In 2005 he won Italian Cup with the team from Treviso.

In the meantime, Lokomotiv Rostov na Donu announced signing of young Russian player Maxim Krivosheev (205-F/C-88). 20-year old forward grew up with Sibirtelekom Novosybirsk. Last season he appeared 23 times in Superleague averaging 9.5 ppg and 6.8 rpg. During the summer he played for U20 Russia on U20 European Championship in Riga. Russia ended it on ninth place while Krivosheev had 10.8 ppg and 6.9 rpg in 8 games. Last year he also participated at the same event but in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Two years ago he took a part on U18 EC in Greece.

New head coach in Avtodor Saratov

Juri Selikhov

by Eurobasket News - Oct 10, 2008

According to Sport Express, Avtodor Saratov hired Juri Selikhov as a new head coach. It means that Croatian Niksa Bavcevic won't stay any more on the bench of the Russian team. Interesting is that Avtodor currently has perfect score 4-0 in Superleague B. Selikhov started last season as a head coach of Ukrainian MBC Odessa but he left in January. He joined Odessa during the season 06/07, which he started as an assistant coach of Dynamo Moscow Region. It won't be anything new for 65-year old coach as it is his third arrival in Saratov. Last time he led the team on season 01/02. In the meantime he used to work in Spartak St. Petersburg, Samara, Shaktar, German Trier and Polish Szczecin. In 1992 and 1993 Selikhov was a head coach of Russian senior National Team. After that he had the same position but with youth selections. He has one title in his pocket and it was in Ukrainian championship 97/98 with Odessa. As it is mentioned above, Avtodor is perfect so far and it is one of the main candidates for top of Superleague B.

In the meantime reining Russian and Euroleague champion CSKA Moscow went overseas on North American tour. Team of head coach Ettore Messina will meet Orlando Magic today. On Tuesday, Russian powerhouse will take on Toronto Raptors. CSKA will play these two games without Andrey Vorontsevich (204-C-87).

Russian Cup 1/8 Finals

Nikita Morgunov

by Eurobasket News - Oct 3, 2008

Russia opened the season with the National Cup 1/8 Finals. Last night six teams clinched the places in the next round.
Unics celebrated the win over NBA Nizhniy Novgorod 104:85. The winners started with 26:23 in the opening quarter and increased to 5 more points after 31:26 at the halftime. With 33:15 in the third the game was done as the team got the ticket for the next round.
Lokomotiv Rostov advanced to the next round after 90:58 over Kuban. Lokomotiv opened the game with 22:9 and never looked behind after. With 19:13 the winners finished the game with a win. Nikita Morgunov (211-F-75, agency: Interperformances) top-scored for Lokomotiv Rostov with 18 points. DeJuan Collins (188-G-76, college: Tuskegee) and Pero Antik (210-F-82, agency: Interperformances) netted 14 each, while Shevchyk had 11. Roman Shama (187-G-78) ended up with 16 points in the losing effort.
In another games Chelyabinsk brought a sensation with 83:82 over Enisey. After an excellent first half the hosts could hold the score for good and advanced to 1/4 Finals. Avtodor upset Samara 71:68 with 25:19 in the last period. Spartak St Petesrburg smashed Severstal 101:63 winning all the quarters of the game. Sibirtelekom overwhelmed Spartk Primorye 117:42.

Triumph lands Aleksander Miloserdov

Aleksander Miloserdov

by Eurobasket News - Oct 2, 2008

Triumph Lyubertsy announced signing of shooting guard / small forward Aleksander Miloserdov (196-G-80). 28-year old player spent last season in Universitet-Yugra Surgut averaging 14.8 ppg, 1.9 rpg and 2.6 apg for 22 Superleague games. A season before, Miloserdov played for UNICS Kazan but most of the time in its second team, which competed in B Superleague. Miloserdov also was a member of UNICS from 2003 to 2005.