No rest time in the schedule

After tough trip to France our team is ready to host Lokomotiv-Kuban.

Pre-game breakdown

The Army Men came back to Moscow on Saturday morning and practiced in the evening after short rest.

Will Clyburn and Mikhail Kulagin are out. Daniel Hackett and Joel Bolomboy are questionable.

Word to the coach

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

We play second game in three days, Loko played on Tuesday and we played on Friday and had a trip. But it is how it is, we just participate in different competitions. We have some problems and we will try to solve them.

Past matchups

Wins/losses: 54-10,
In Moscow: 30-3, in Rostov: 9-1, in Krasnodar: 14-5, on neutral arena (Berlin): 1-0.
Games of 2018-19 season:
11-Nov-2018. VTB United League. Regular Season: Lokomotiv Kuban – CSKA: 76-93 (+17)
03-Feb-2019. VTB United League. Regular Season: CSKA – Lokomotiv Kuban: 70-57 (+13)

Short dossier

Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar, Russia
Founded: 1946
Colors: red, green, white
Home court: Basket Hall (7,500)
President: Andrey Vedishchev
Head coach: Luca Banchi
Website: www.lokobasket.com
Trophy case: Euroleague bronze winner (2016), EuroCup winner (2013), VTB United League runner-up (2013), BEKO PBL bronze winner (2011/12), Eurochallenge runner-up (2011), FIBA Europe Cup runner-up (2005), Russian Cup winner (2018)