The new calendar year, CSKA Moscow started with the same problems that were present in the first part of the season. After the failure in the third quarter of the match with the Olympia because of brute force fouls from the leading players, the problems on the shield, sloppy losses and unbalanced attacks wards Eugene Pashutina showed character and still snatched victory from outsider groups in overtime (80:77) being able to play for the last four minutes of normal time lag of 11 points.
Beginning of the year brought CSKA news that Ramunas Siskauskas will be forced to miss at least a week. But the loss of a leader and a decrease in the already minimized rotation commands have not seen quite so dramatic, if they were not accompanied by a two-week Christmas break, vybivshy, according to Yevgeny Pashutin, his players from playing rhythm. Last match (with St. Petersburg’s “Spartacus”), CSKA Moscow, in fact, spent the past decade – as much 22 December, and yet, even given the fact that its floor Slovenian club looks toothed usual, all the preconditions did not inspire quite so strong fears . Visiting pacified Ljubljana, environmental reviews dimensional way of life, classical architecture, which combined medieval monuments, ensembles of the 19 th century and contemporary style, and not typical of a large city in harmony with nature, emphasized by hanging silhouettes of mountains in the distance, was supposed to be quite uneventful, but , as often happens with new CSKA, resulted in an incredible adventure and a chain of events heroic poshiba.
The first half, however, nothing of the sort foreshadowed. They began the red-blue is very confident and reliable: Viktor Khryapa managed everywhere, being the most productive of the guests with 6 points, and giving timely transfer partners, and collecting rebounds on both boards, in addition, to looking like breakwater, decomposing shy attack Slovenes; released instead Siskauskas Vorontsevich tried to keep up with the senior fellow and did not hesitate to throw because of the arc; Planinic skillfully used the dimensions of the attack, forcing Zdovtsa think about the meaning of the acquisition of Curtis Milladzha (former Krasnoyarsk held at the site 3 and a half minutes) and Sasha Kaun cool defended himself and entertain the audience “dankaunami. In general, when asked Zdovts timeout for 3 minutes before the end of the first quarter when the score was 7:17, it seemed that some exhortations Slovenian specialist is needed. But at the same time at the army went to rest and Kaun with 2 folami and Planinic (which has dimensions interfered in his own half) with 3, and tested the first third of the season “zone” began to form propleshiny: Golubovic tried under the ring and won the right to punitive Outlined fast perepas ball with a spread of military orders resulted in a couple of trehochkovyh from Djordjevic and Walsh, who almost equaled the score one minute before the end of the quarter (15:18).
Before the break opponents are desperately trying to feel the impact of tools on each other, but both sides have turned out badly. Pashutin dropped to the Courtney Sims, and the first test of a newcomer left an ambivalent impression: American immediately allowed a run, often do not keep up with opponents and broke the rules, but withdrew the army “bench” to zero, note not devoid of grace polukryukom and hit the top. The emergence of Sasha Kauna and the game inside it recorded another break CSKA Moscow (26:19), but after the center-received third point, organized game in the attack broke at the output of Dmitry Sokolov. Three consecutive wrong decisions in the attack, compounded by five points the hosts, and Pashutin again aware that the center-it has only one, and without it the game did not catch on. Another dunk Kauna after elegant perepasa Langdon and Khryapa with Holden’s penalty ensured CSKA slight advantage before the big break (32:28).
What this difference was such a relaxing, is hard to tell, but the third turned ten the unprecedented disaster. Losses Kopian the second quarter exceeded the Edge of Reason, reaching up to 16: it seemed that the army played an unassembled, allowing errors almost on level ground. Excelled all a little, but six losses at Holden (although, in fairness, it should be noted that not all of them on his conscience) look more colorful. With the fourth foul Kauna and the third in Khryapov advantage on the boards passed to the owners. Those did not improve the percentage, but were entitled to a larger number of attempts. Finally, harmony, concentration and confidence that distinguished attack CSKA in the first quarter gave way to confusion, downtrodden and dissonance: army slipped into individual actions, accented style lost due to loss of the addressee in the “paint” lost opportunities to pass, utykayas in correctly spaced Zdovtsom barricades, and even when the guests managed to play the ball and show partners under the dash, a shell into the ring did not want to climb hard. The result is that 6 points in a quarter (the worst result for CSKA Moscow in the decade), against which 21 of the Olympia, tore the protective order and long-range hitting and fast counterattacks, and successfully taking advantage of changeable looked stout slap in the face.
The denouement, which is best characterized Zdovtsa words “we are simply afraid to win”, came four minutes before the end of the fourth quarter. Having brought the gap to the maximum (62:51) after the regular loss of Jay Ara, Slovenes shy. Abandoned on the site Pashutin leaders gave their last forces (before fifths observations), but still gripped rivals vise tight pressure on their half. More players “Olympia” in most of the time he was beaten, managed to even catch up with the guests in the number of losses (to 19). Pashutin also learned how predictable dividends from the backbone pieces (Holden, Langdon and Khryapa turn began to take the initiative), and unexpected, enlisting the help of Victor Keyru, who became one of the most significant of the decisive moment by taking care of Matt Walsh. Far from entering Trajan signaled parity (62:62) and the need for overtime.
In extra time in addition to CSKA Planinic and Kauno lost more and Khryapa, but it did not intend to lose the victory, for which struggled for so long. Lightweight composition (Holden, Keyru, Langdon, Kurbanov, Vorontsevich) did not become an obstacle to: Kurbanov not too clearly looked ahead but selflessly defended and fought for the selection, Holden and Langdon, catching game, continued to pour out of the ring arcs and Keyru not only struggling clung to Walsh, but also put the crucial “three” for 40 seconds before the end – 75:71. Bavchich even answered the same, but the Slovenes did not have the remaining 21 seconds: the tactics of fouls in the presence of Holden, Langdon and amused himself during the penetration of auto-training Victor Keyru was doomed to failure.
Next week in Moscow, the army team will battle with the “Caja Laboral” for first place in the group. Basketball “Olympia” as can console ourselves with the fact that the move from unlucky for them in a larger arena. But it will happen as early as next season.
Olimpija – CSKA – 77:80 OT (15:18, 13:14, 21:6, 13:24, 15:18)
OLYMPIA: Bechirovich (13), Vidmar (10 + 7 rebounds), Ozbolt (10), Slokar (4), Milladzh (0) – start; Walsh (18 + 7 rebounds), Bavchich (7), Klobuchar, Vsevolod (both – 6), Djordjevic (3), Aleksandrov (0).
CSKA: Langdon (20 + 8 rebounds), Khryapa (14 + 14 + rebounds, 3 steals), Kaun (7), Planinic (5), Vorontsevich (5) – start; Holden (17), Keyru, Sims (both – 6 ), Kurbanov, Ponkrashov, Sokolov (all – 0).
