Hard win for Cherno More against CSKA
11-10-2008 20:41
Euroins Cherno More won on the start of the NBL. Earlier today the sailors overcame CSKA with 11 points of difference - 83-72, but this success wasn't easy.
The Reds from Sofia were able to hold on to 69-69, but in the last 3 minutes of the game they scored only 3 points against 14 for Cherno More. The main reason for Varna's win was Julian Radionov, who for just 14 minutes of play scored 3 times from beyond the arc and was able to guard CSKA's best player Jordan Bozov.
Krum Doychinov scored the first basket for the new season after just 18 seconds of play. In the first quarter the two teams switched the lead a few times, but the home side was ahead 27-24 after 10 minutes.
The difference was up to +9 in the 13th minute (35-26), but then came the time for CSKA to show, that they aren't this bad at all. They made a 13-2 run and got ahead with 37-39 a minute and 50 seconds before halftime. Surprisingly, CSKA had the lead at halftime - 42-45.
Euroins Cherno More started the second half with more activity, and they were back ahead in the middle of the third quarter, after a 14-3 run. CSKA didn't have any intensions of giving up, and brought down the margin to just 1 point - 63-62.
The guests were standing good until 4.46 before the end of regular time, when Zivko Stoyanov tied the score at 69-69. 3.03 before the buzzer Zeljko Bojovic gave Varna a 71-9 lead, and just after that Radionov scored 2 consecutive three-pointers, with a basket from Nikos Borohidis in between. In the next offense there was another basket by the former Levski player, which made the score 79-71. That was the first win for Daniel Dimitrov in an official game as head coach of Cherno More.
Bojovic scored 23 points for the home side (5 threes), and McIntosh added 17 along with 4 assists. Yanev and Radionov had 11 points each.
For CSKA Bozov didn't score a single three-pointer, but he was the high-point man in Hristo Borisov Hall with 28 points. Krum Doychinov had a double-double with 15 points and 12 boards, and Stoyanov and Bohoridis added 10 points a piece.
The Reds from Sofia were able to hold on to 69-69, but in the last 3 minutes of the game they scored only 3 points against 14 for Cherno More. The main reason for Varna's win was Julian Radionov, who for just 14 minutes of play scored 3 times from beyond the arc and was able to guard CSKA's best player Jordan Bozov.
Krum Doychinov scored the first basket for the new season after just 18 seconds of play. In the first quarter the two teams switched the lead a few times, but the home side was ahead 27-24 after 10 minutes.
The difference was up to +9 in the 13th minute (35-26), but then came the time for CSKA to show, that they aren't this bad at all. They made a 13-2 run and got ahead with 37-39 a minute and 50 seconds before halftime. Surprisingly, CSKA had the lead at halftime - 42-45.
Euroins Cherno More started the second half with more activity, and they were back ahead in the middle of the third quarter, after a 14-3 run. CSKA didn't have any intensions of giving up, and brought down the margin to just 1 point - 63-62.
The guests were standing good until 4.46 before the end of regular time, when Zivko Stoyanov tied the score at 69-69. 3.03 before the buzzer Zeljko Bojovic gave Varna a 71-9 lead, and just after that Radionov scored 2 consecutive three-pointers, with a basket from Nikos Borohidis in between. In the next offense there was another basket by the former Levski player, which made the score 79-71. That was the first win for Daniel Dimitrov in an official game as head coach of Cherno More.
Bojovic scored 23 points for the home side (5 threes), and McIntosh added 17 along with 4 assists. Yanev and Radionov had 11 points each.
For CSKA Bozov didn't score a single three-pointer, but he was the high-point man in Hristo Borisov Hall with 28 points. Krum Doychinov had a double-double with 15 points and 12 boards, and Stoyanov and Bohoridis added 10 points a piece.
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