Short time at home
24.11.2019
Our team to play the home game against Nizhny Novgorod in between two long trips…
Our team to play the home game against Nizhny Novgorod in between two long trips.
The Army Men got back from Madrid on Saturday night by Aeroflot charter flight. The team had a video session and practice on Saturday.
Will Clyburn (knee) and Mikhail Kulagin (foot) remain out. The Red-Blues will also miss Kosta Koufos who got a club’s permission to travel back home from Spain for family reasons.
Evgeny Babourin from Nizhny got a face bone broken last week.
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
Win-loss record: 25-3
2018-19 season games:
13-Oct-2018. CSKA – N.Novgorod: 84-78 (+6)
09-Apr-2019. N.Novgorod – CSKA: 89-95 (+6)
Quarterfinals
04-May-2019. CSKA – N.Novgorod: 87-50 (+27)
06-May-2019. CSKA – N.Novgorod: 86-66 (+20)
09-May-2019. N.Novgorod – CSKA: 72-80 (+8)
Nizhny Novgorod
Founded: 2000
Colors: white, black
Homecourt: Labor Unions Palace of Sports (5,000)
CEO: Alexander Khairetdinov
Head coach: Zoran Lukic
Website: www.nn-basket.ru
Accomplishments: VTB United League runner-ups (2014), Russian Championship runner-up (2014), Superleague B champion (2010), Russian Cup finalists (2011)
Pre-game breakdown
The Army Men got back from Madrid on Saturday night by Aeroflot charter flight. The team had a video session and practice on Saturday.
Will Clyburn (knee) and Mikhail Kulagin (foot) remain out. The Red-Blues will also miss Kosta Koufos who got a club’s permission to travel back home from Spain for family reasons.
Evgeny Babourin from Nizhny got a face bone broken last week.
Word to the coach
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
Nizhny players are young and ambitious. They have a team that fights on the level of foul, they use a lot of contact on defense, we must be ready for that.
Past matchups
Win-loss record: 25-3
2018-19 season games:
13-Oct-2018. CSKA – N.Novgorod: 84-78 (+6)
09-Apr-2019. N.Novgorod – CSKA: 89-95 (+6)
Quarterfinals
04-May-2019. CSKA – N.Novgorod: 87-50 (+27)
06-May-2019. CSKA – N.Novgorod: 86-66 (+20)
09-May-2019. N.Novgorod – CSKA: 72-80 (+8)
Short dossier
Nizhny Novgorod
Founded: 2000
Colors: white, black
Homecourt: Labor Unions Palace of Sports (5,000)
CEO: Alexander Khairetdinov
Head coach: Zoran Lukic
Website: www.nn-basket.ru
Accomplishments: VTB United League runner-ups (2014), Russian Championship runner-up (2014), Superleague B champion (2010), Russian Cup finalists (2011)
25 November 13:32
Первые два матча плей-оф тоже в 2019 проходили.