Euroleague.net: “It has a been a good start to the Turkish Airlines Euroleague season for Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul, with consecutive wins against Budivelnik Kiev and FC Barcelona. As expected, one of the team’s main pillars is forward Linas Kleiza, who is making his return to the competition after having been a finalist, an All-Euroleague First Team member and the Alphonso Ford Top Scoring Trophy winner with Olympiacos Piraeus in 2009-10. Kleiza, who also helped Lithuania win the silver medal at EuroBasket 2013 as an all-tournament selection, currently ranks sixth among Euroleague scorers with 17 points on average despite playing than 24 minutes per night. As he and Fenerbahce gear up for another big showdown against visiting CSKA Moscow in the Game of the Week on Thursday, Kleiza talked to Euroleague.net about his goal of winning titles and how he feels that he’s in the right place to do so under legendary head coach Zeljko Obradovic. “I want to win something in my career – I haven’t won anything yet,” Kleiza told Euroleague.net. “When I think about it, Coach Obradovic can definitely help me.”

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