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When the EuroLeague draw was announced and we learned that CSKA, Barcelona, and Fenerbahce will play in group A, a lot was expected from their head to head games. Those were supposed to be the best basketball games in Europe, but they fell short of expectations. All games were settled long before the end, they were all mostly easy wins dominated by only one team. CSKA lost easily both in Barcelona and Istanbul, Fenerbahce conceded 35 points in Barcelona in the first quarter, while they beat both of those teams home. It's high time we finally saw a good game and I'm convinced that Obradovic prepared his players for this game and that it will be a tie till the end. Messina is trying a lot of different things in CSKA this season, Teodosic's role is quite insignificant, but he was the key man in the last week's game in Ukraine - he made the difference. Krstic is miles away from the player we say in Eurobasket and last season, one of the reasons for that being the fact Messina is giving Hines and Kaun a lot of time on the court, probably for the sake of better defense, which as a result causes worse offense, even though Hines is proving to be good in offensive rebound. Either way, this CSKA is not very convincing, they struggled home both against Budivelnik and against Nanterre, and I expect struggle against Fenerbahce as well. The Turks may not have the muscle and toughness that CSKA have, but they have a lot in Bogdanovic, McCalebb, Kleiza, Bjelica that CSKA don't have in Jackson, Pargo, Hrjap. Either way, I give Fenerbahce a lot more trust than this handicap.