Nymburk — CSKA, 04 May 2016

Our team celebrated Khryapa’s 500th game in Army Men career by beating Nymburk with big margin, by Korobkov’s scoring record and qualification to the VTB League semifinals.

Nymburk vs. CSKA: 87-102 (+15)

Nymburk: Benda (8 + 7 rb + 4 as + 2 bs), Randle (20 + 3 rb + 3 st + 5 to), Hruban (13), Welsch (3 + 3 to), Dixon (19 + 5 as + 3 st + 8 to), Peterka (11), Vaughn (2 + 4 rb), Jagodic Kuridza (6), Kriz (5 + 3 rb + 5 pf)…

CSKA: De Colo (11 + 5 as), Teodosic (7 + 4 rb + 10 as + 4 pf), Fridzon (8 + 4 st + 3 to), Jackson (6 + 3 rb + 6 as), Korobkov (24 + 6 rb + 4 st), Lazarev (2), Vorontsevich (12 + 8 rb), Higgins (12 + 4 as), Khryapa (4 + 4 rb), Kurbanov (11 + 3 rb), Hines (5 + 4 rb)…

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

We started the game with clear idea of what we are going to do. We planned to make stops, to force the opponents’ best players to make turnovers. The same approach allowed us to set the tone in first two games, tonight we also forced 21 turnover. At the same time we were creative on offence. No matter what kind of defense Nymburk used – either they switched, played zone or used big lineup – we played CSKA game, we had 34 assists. Congratulations for 3-0 win in the series. We have time to rest and prepare for the Euroleague Final Four. It is very important that Victor and Pasha are back for us, they really help us.