May 2011 CSKA Moscow Wiretap
Andrei Kirilenko was named Euroleague MVP for Week 1 of the Regular Season.
Kirilenko led CSKA Moscow to an 87-74 win over Zalgiris, in which he had 17 points, 15 rebounds, five assists and four blocks.
Kirilenko's FIC of 27.0 was comfortably the best of week.
Henry Domercant, Jaka Lakovic, Milos Teodosic and DeJuan Collins rounds out the top-five in FIC.
CSKA Moscow defeated Zalgiris by a final score of 87-74 in the Euroleague regular season opener.
Andrei Kirilenko had 17 points, 15 rebounds and five assists to lead CSKA, while Alexey Shved had a game-high 19 points.
Sonny Weems had 16 points for Zalgiris, while Ty Lawson had seven points and three rebounds. DeJuan Collins had 18 points off the bench for Zalgiris.
Andrei Kirilenko has signed a three-year deal with CSKA Moscow with an NBA return option.
Kirilenko began his career in Spartak St. Petersburg at the age of 16 and went to CSKA Moscow one year later.
"I am glad to be back to the team where I spent the years of adolescence." Kirilenko said. "It’s a pleasure to have a chance to play for Russian fans, my friends, relatives. CSKA has a very strong team, great coach, excellent players. It’s great when the highest goals are ahead of you. It’s especially interesting to play under the load of responsibility. I am sure that we are able to solve any task together."
The groups for the 11-12 Euroleague Regular Season have been announced.
Group A
Olympiacos Piraeus
Caja Laboral
Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul
Bilbao Basket
Bennet Cantu
SLUC Nancy
Group B
Panathinaikos Athens
CSKA Moscow
Unicaja
Zalgiris Kaunas
Brose Baskets
KK Zagreb
Group C
Real Madrid
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Partizan Belgrade
Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Armani Milan
Belgacom Spirou
Group D
Barcelona Regal
Montepaschi Siena
UNICS Kazan
Asseco Prokom
Union Olimpija Ljubljana
Galatasaray
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