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CSKA achieved to win the Gomelsky Cup tournament once more. At the final against “young” Panathinaikos, the hosts got an easy 75-46 win. The Russian team controlled the game and took a 22-12 lead from the start. At halftime Greens were down by 12 points (41-29) and they managed to come closer (41-35) few minutes after the start of the 2nd half. At that point Nichols and Markoisvhili did some damage with good execution from outside, CSKA extended the lead to 20 (60-40) and coach Ivanovic gave minutes to the young players of the Greek team. So, with a 23-6 partial score at last period, finally the hosts closed the game with a 29 points advantage.
In the match for the 3rd place Lietuvos Rytas got a win over Nizhny Novgorod (82-66) which can be a boost for the team’s moral. Antanas Kavaliauskas with 17 points was the top scorer of the winners.