Khimki — CSKA, 08 February 2015

Late heroics by the Army Men who evened the game after being 7 points down with minute to go didn’t help. The battle of Khimki is decided by buzzer three-pointer for second year in a row.

Khimki (Moscow region) vs. CSKA: 107-104 (-3)

Khimki: Rice (18 + 7 as + 5 to + 4 pf), Augustine (3 + 4 rb), Pateev (4 + 4 pf), Koponen (22 + 4 rb + 6 as + 3 st + 5 pf), Vyaltsev (10 + 3 rb + 5 as + 4 pf), Monya (10 + 4 rb + 4 as + 4 pf), Honeycutt (16 + 7 rb + 2 bs), Davis (22 + 3 rb + 5 pf), Sheleketo (2)…

CSKA: De Colo (25 + 4 to + 5 pf), Teodosic (29 + 9 as + 6 to), Fridzon (18 + 3 rb + 4 pf), Markoishvili (5 + 6 rb + 4 pf), Weems (2), Vorontsevich (12 + 6 rb + 5 as + 3 st), Kaun (3 + 4 rb), Hines (10 + 5 rb)…

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

We lost in big fight which was decided with the last-second shot. It could turned either way and Khimki got the win, and I congratulate our opponent. Definitely we need changes, on defense first of all. We allowed 66 points in two quarters and in the home game we won 78-60. Surely, Khimki has quality to score but our effort on defense is unacceptable.