Euroleague champ 2008: CSKA Moscow

May 5, 2008

Euroleague Champions 2008 CSKANot that much of a surprise, is it? The final matchup itself was a surprise, since in the beginning everybody thought it would be Panathinaikos and CSKA. Even though a Moscow victory was the expected final outcome, they still had to get there and live up to the hype (Panathinaikos did not, CSKA did): kind of the mentality that Messina brings with him.

Just for the record: The final score was 77-91, with Trajan “hardcore DUKE” Langdon winning the MVP award. Yes, he deserved it, since he was shooting like a machine in the first three quarters, while Siskauskas had his worst game of the whole Euroleague season.

Here are some pictures of the final game as well as Moscow celebrating:

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Comments: 3
  1. 16 years ago

    I told you so 6 months in advance looooool

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  2. 16 years ago

    CSKA is a remarkable team– remarkable to the detriment of their domestic league and even the Euroleague as a whole. What conclusions should we draw from a domestic league record with only one loss? You can read more about it at

    http://dcurrie.blogspot.com/search/label/CSKA%20Moscow

    I went to every CSKA home game this season, and the lack of parity in Superleague A ultimately hurts the marketability of basketball in Russia. That’s a 180 million person market that is not being exposed to exciting, high-quality basketball. Shouldn’t the Euroleague be interested in this?

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  3. bhoy
    16 years ago

    Ιs there any photo/video with Ettore Messina embraced with his family? It was a very emotive moment…

    Congratultions!

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