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In three head-to-heads this season CSKA recorded 98, 105 and 92 points

The day before yesterday UNICS looked terrible against Galatasaray, they recorded only 18 points in total in the second and the third quarter. The impression is that they can hardly wait for the season to end

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One of the biggest disappointments of Euroleague are definitely UNICS. Two days ago in Istanbul they recorded their 10th loss in a row. Their motive has been questionable for some time now, their thoughts are in the VTB League playoffs and they're waiting for the European struggles to be over. After CSKA they have road games against Zvezda and Milano.

- Our task is nothing else but to fight, not allow De Colo and Teodosic to record easy points, to fight for the rebound, to play contact good - announced coach Pasutin. Against Galatasaray his team recorded 23 points in the first quarter, and then only 18 in the remaining two. The Turks headed to 15-20 points of difference and there was no coming back.

Had it not been for Langford 10-ish points in the last two minutes, it would have been much uglier than the final -8. Their two-pointer was at 36%, their three-pointer at 29%, and Langford, even though they recorded 24 points, had a 6-for-19 shots from the floor. He and De Colo are fighting to take the place of the first scorer of Euroleague, even though the impression is that the French doesn't care about that, while Langford clearly said he will try to keep the first place.

- We have to fight and show our best face, we want to win in the last home game - said Langford.

In Turkey they played without the injured duo Clark - Kaimakoglou, there is no information about their performance today.

CSKA are arriving after an easy win against Darusafaka. They're sharing the top with Real and they will try to defend today the last three games where they're awaiting the Greek greats, PAO in Athens, and Oly in the last round at home. For them, the most important thing is that they secured the Top Four position, and there's a possibility that Itoudis will rotate today even more than usual.

In three day's time they're up for a big derby against Khimki in VTB League, where they're not sure about numer one before the playoffs, and that could be a key game.

- Even though we secured the home advantage and even though UNICS have been out of the playoff race for a long time, you have to approach the game seriously - claimed Itoudis.

- We have to play as champions, respecting first of all ourselves.

In their +10 against Darusafaka, Teodosic and De Colo played 28 minutes, recorded 37 points and 18 assists together. No one else played over 22 minutes. Today we can expect Itoudis to limit the play-time to 25 minutes, which means Jackson and Higgins should play more than two days ago (Jackson 15 minutes, Higgins 21).