CSKA Wins In Historic Night For Offense

CSKA crushed Nymburk in Moscow, 119-68. The Army Men dominated from start to finish, leading by 33 points at halftime and ultimately matching the league record for points in a game. With the win, the Army Men improve to 7-1, while Nymburk drops to 6-3.

Recap
A half game separated these two teams in the standings. Nymburk's 6-2 start shocked many around the league, but the visitors faced a tough task on Sunday in Moscow, battling the reigning champions.

CSKA backup center Pavel Korobkov made a surprise start and had an immediate impact, scoring seven of CSKA's first nine points. Milos Teodosic took over from there, contributing 10 points in the 1st quarter to put the home team on top, 28-14.

Chasson Randle dropped 11 points in the 2nd quarter for Nymburk, but got little help from his teammates as the visitors once again only managed to score 14 points in ten minutes. At the other end, CSKA was unstoppable, scoring 33 points to take a 33-point lead.

Dimitris Itoudis emptied the bench in the second half. Vitaly Fridzon led the Army Men with 22 minutes on the court and ten different players scored eight or more points, including 24-year-old center Ivan Lazarev and 23-year-old guard Dmitry Kulagin. CSKA finished the game with 119 points, matching the record set by Avtodor last season.

Star of the Game
Milos Teodosic. His offense gave CSKA control of the game in the 1st quarter, which the Army Men would not relinquish.

Stat of the Game
119 - CSKA matched the all-time record for points scored in a game, previously set by Avtodor Saratov last season.

Quotes
CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis:
- Congratulations to the team. We we very serious from the first to the final minute. It's important that we matched the league record. At the same time, we must remember that Nymburk is a very good team and played without three important players today, so we didn't see their true strength. I want to thank the fans who came to support us today. I hope they enjoyed the game.

Nymburk head coach Ronen Ginzburg:
- Of course, we didn't play well. We were missing three starters and had to play against CSKA. But we can't play the way we did today. I hope that we'll show CSKA something different when they come play at our arena in the Czech Republic.

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