Mirza Teletovic, Nenad Krstic, Krunoslav Simon: Top players from Euroleague’s November 02 games
Part 2
Four games took place in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague season 2011-12 on November 02, 2011.
In the first game of the day, Caja Laboral remained unbeaten team of Group A with an 81-79 win over Olympiacos. It was the very first defeat for the Reds that snapped their two-game winning streak of the regular season. Olympiacos
led Laboral until the last quarter when Caja scored the first six points of the quarter to tie the game at 66 and went ahead by 79-74 later on. Caja shined with a 10-2 run that put them back ahead, 70-68, with six minutes to go in the final buzzer. Kyle Hynes
buried an outstanding shot from downtown to tie the game at 79 but Pablo Prigioni stole the show with a game-winning jumper at the end.
At Zagreb Arena, CSKA Moscow maintained an impressive 3-0 record in Group with an 89-47 victory over KK Zagreb Croatia Osiguranje. The hosts held a 4-0 lead early in the first quarter but CSKA responded with a 16-0 to take a 12-point
lead and did not look back for rest of the game. It was third straight loss for KK Zagreb.
Caja Laboral vs. Olympiacos
Mirza Teletovic
Laboral’s power forward Mirza Teletovic headed all scorers with 20 points on an 11 for 13 shooting from free throw line in their third consecutive victory of the regular season. The 6 ft 9 in Bosnian professional basketball player
grabbed five rebounds and stole the ball twice in more than 35 minutes of action.
Kevin Seraphin
Kevin Seraphin also played an effective role in the victory of his team with 15 points, five rebounds and a steal. The 21-year-old French player ended on a 7 for 8 shooting from two-point range.
Fernando San Emeterio
Fernando San Emeterio also added 15 points for Laboral. Emeterio also grabbed three rebounds and dished out two assists. He was 5 for 6 from two-point range and a perfect 5 for 5 from free throw line.
Vassilis Spanoulis
Vassilis Spanoulis headed the Olympiacos with 19 points in the losing effort. The 6 ft 4 in point guard also dealt out a game-best seven assists and grabbed three rebounds.
Spanoulis, who won the Greek League's award for Best Young Player in 2001, shot 6 for 8 from the line and 5 for 8 from two-point range.
CSKA Moscow vs. KK Zagreb Croatia Osiguranje
Nenad Krstic
Nenad Krstic continued to play one of the best seasons of his career and once again led CSKA with 15 points on 7 for 10 shooting from two-point range. The Serbian seven-footer grabbed five rebounds and blocked two shots in more
than 20 minutes.
Andrei Kirilenko
Andrei Kirilenko added 14 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked three shots in Moscow’s third victory in a row. The NBA All-Star hit 2 of 3 shots from downtown and pinned 4 of 4 free throws for his team.
Andrey Vorontsevich
Andrey Vorontsevich also played with responsibility on his shoulders and finished with 12 points, six boards, two blocks and two steals. The power forward made 4 of 6 shots from three-point range.
Krunoslav Simon
Krunoslav Simon racked up 15 points and pulled down five rebounds in KK Zagreb’s third straight defeat of the season. He played for more than 38 minutes and ended on 5 for 11 shooting from the line.
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