CSKA Moscow will face Maccabi in Euroleague Final on Sunday. 2006 champions and last season runners-up will play in their third consecutive final. Russians defeated TAU Ceramica in a tight game. Ettore Messina will try to take yet another Euroleague title on Sunday.
Tiago Splitter was a key player for TAU Ceramica. CSKA's big men had troubles stopping him. Though Splitter missed 7 of his 14 free-throws that could have chnaged the course of the game.
CSKA Moscow had 5 players contributing 10 or more points. David Andersen and Ramunas Siskauskas had 16 points each. Robert Holden added 15. Matjaz Smodis had hit 10 out of 11 3-point shots before the Final Four. Yesterday in the semi-final game agains TAU Ceramica he missed all 7.
TAU Ceramica 79-83 CSKA Moscow
TAU: Igor Rakocevic 19, Tiago Splitter 17, Zoran Planinic 17, Pete Mickeal 11, Will McDonald 9, Mirza Teletovic 3, Pablo Prigioni 3.
CSKA: David Andersen 16, Ramunas Siskauskas 16, John Robert Holden 15, Matjaz Smodis 14, Theodoros Papaloukas 10, Trajan Langdon 9, Marcus Goree 3.
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