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09.06.2018

VTB League final will be the 9th Leningradka Derby of the season. You just cannot miss the game at the VTB Ice Palace!..

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VTB League final will be the 9th Leningradka Derby of the season. You just cannot miss the game at the VTB Ice Palace!

Pre-game breakdown

During the first day of the Final Four CSKA defeated Zenit (84-67). Khimki qualified after sustaining UNICS run in the end of the game (76-71).

Leo Westermann (back surgery) and Andrey Vorontsevich (shoulder surgery) are not available for the games.

Pre-game quotes

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

It is a big game for us, a final against a very good opponent. Khimki is a very talented team, they have a lot of weapons offensively and defensively. We know each other very well, we’ve already played 8 official games this season. We are very motivated, we will need our full focus for all 40 minutes, because this is what is required in this kind of games, in the big final.

Past matchups

Wins-losses: 85-18
CSKA biggest win: 104-64 (+40) (2002-03 Superleague Regular Season)
CSKA biggest loss: 85-67 (-18) (2007-08 Russian Cup Final)
Games of 2017-18 season:
VTB United League
06-Nov-2017. Khimki – CSKA: 81-96 (+15)
EuroLeague
22-Dec-2017. CSKA – Khimki: 79-68 (+11)
VTB United League
05-Feb-2018. CSKA – Khimki: 90-71 (+19)
EuroLeague
23-Mar-2018. Khimki – CSKA: 73-90 (+17)
EuroLeague Playoffs
17-Apr-2018. CSKA – Khimki: 98-95 (+3)
19-Apr-2018. CSKA – Khimki: 89-84 (+5)
25-Apr-2018. Khimki – CSKA: 79-73 (-6)
27-Apr-2018. Khimki – CSKA: 88-89 (+1)

Short dossier

Khimki Moscow Region
Founded: 1997
Colors: blue, yellow
Home court: Moscow Region Basketball Center (3,500)
President: Dmitry Golubkov
CEO: Pavel Astakhov
Head coach: Giorgios Bartzokas
Website: www.bckhimki.ru
Trophy Case: 2-time Eurocup winners (2012, 15), Russian Cup winner (2008), VTB United League champion (2011), 7-time Russian League runner-up (2006, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13), Russian League bronze winner (2007), Russian Cup finalist (2006), FIBA-Europe Cup finalist (2006), Eurocup finalist (2009)

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