Finish line on Leningradka
02.06.2015
Our team has to play one more playoff series till the season ends. To see all games you don’t have to go too far – the Army Men face Khimki in the VTB League Finals…
Our team has to play one more playoff series till the season ends. To see all games you don’t have to go too far – the Army Men face Khimki in the VTB League Finals.
“We start the final series, and this what we were waiting for all season,” CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis said. “We face Khimki, very strong opponent, Eurocup winner, who played difficult series against Lokomotiv-Kuban, fought back to win it. Every player wants to be in the Finals, and we fought all season long for the home-court advantage. I’d like it to be a real advantage, to see the fans who really support us on USH CSKA stands.”
Wins-losses: 64-16
Biggest margin of CSKA victory: 104-64 (+40) (2002-03 Superleague Regular Season)
Worst loss: 85-67 (-18) (2007-08 Russian Cup Final)
2014-15 VTB League Regular Season games:
26.10.2014. CSKA – Khimki: 78-60 (+18)
08.02.2015. Khimki – CSKA: 107-104 (-3)
Khimki Moscow Region
Founded: 1997
Colors: blue, yellow
Home court: Moscow Region Basketball Center (4.000)
President: Dmitry Golubkov
CEO: Pavel Astakhov
Head coach: Rimas Kurtinaitis
Website: www.bckhimki.ru
Trophy case: 2-time Eurocup winner (2012, 15), Russian Cup winner (2008), VTB United League winner (2011), 7-time Russian championship runner-up (2006, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13), Russian championship bronze winner (2007), Russian Cup finalist (2006), FIBA-Europe Cup finalist (2006), Eurocup finalist (2009)
“We start the final series, and this what we were waiting for all season,” CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis said. “We face Khimki, very strong opponent, Eurocup winner, who played difficult series against Lokomotiv-Kuban, fought back to win it. Every player wants to be in the Finals, and we fought all season long for the home-court advantage. I’d like it to be a real advantage, to see the fans who really support us on USH CSKA stands.”
Past matchups
Wins-losses: 64-16
Biggest margin of CSKA victory: 104-64 (+40) (2002-03 Superleague Regular Season)
Worst loss: 85-67 (-18) (2007-08 Russian Cup Final)
2014-15 VTB League Regular Season games:
26.10.2014. CSKA – Khimki: 78-60 (+18)
08.02.2015. Khimki – CSKA: 107-104 (-3)
Short dossier
Khimki Moscow Region
Founded: 1997
Colors: blue, yellow
Home court: Moscow Region Basketball Center (4.000)
President: Dmitry Golubkov
CEO: Pavel Astakhov
Head coach: Rimas Kurtinaitis
Website: www.bckhimki.ru
Trophy case: 2-time Eurocup winner (2012, 15), Russian Cup winner (2008), VTB United League winner (2011), 7-time Russian championship runner-up (2006, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13), Russian championship bronze winner (2007), Russian Cup finalist (2006), FIBA-Europe Cup finalist (2006), Eurocup finalist (2009)
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