Euroleague basketball: Dynamo Moscow beats Turkish Efes Pilsen
Published: 08 December, 2006, 07:55
Russian club Dynamo Moscow has taken a crucial home win against Turkish Efes Pilsen in the Euroleague basketball tournament.
Lazaros Popadolulos set up Travis Hansen for the first bucket of the night. At the other end, Andrew Nicholas went pick-and-roll with Ermal Kuqo inside, Kuqo led Efes with 17.Hansen nailed a baseline triple in the dying seconds of the first quarter to put Dynamo up by 9.They kept the lead around 10 until Marcus Haslip hit a long three to cut it to 5.90-83 to Dynamo was the final score. Dynamo is far undefeated at home and now move up to third place in group A.
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