By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Even though they lacked the help of Milos Teodosic and Kyle Hines, CSKA Moscow had absolutely no problem to begin the Euroleague Basketball China Tour by overpowering CBA champions Sichuan Blue Whales 92 – 49.
Having already taken a double-digit lead after the first quarter (29-19), the continental crown holders increased it up to 20 points, 49 – 27 at halftime. But instead of making the match a standard procedure, they kept the same intensity in their performance, skyrocketing the difference in the end.
18 points were scored by Nando De Colo, while Nikita Kurbanov and Vitaly Fridzon dropped 11 points each. Andrey Vorontsevich and Ivan Lazarev added 10 points apiece.
For the Chinese team, Xu Tao finished the game with 14 points and Mike Harris had 13 plus 7 rebounds.
CSKA will play next against the Guangdong Tigers on Friday.