Parma — CSKA, 18 October 2021

PRE-GAME BREAKDOWN

The injured list remains the same for Red-Blues. Nikola Milutinov (knee), Marius Grigonis (back) and Toko Shengelia (shoulder) remain out. At the same time Kenneth Faried joined the team and practiced I Moscow for the first time on Sunday.

The Army Men already played against the Perm side with almost the same rosters. In September CSKA beat the opponents in the semifinal of Kondrashin-Belov Cup – 94-58.

REFEREES

Sergey Belyakov (crew chief, Russia), Anton Kruglov (Russia), Sergey Negirev (Russia).

WORD TO THE COACH

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

We have a very important game ahead of us, we will face Parma, very competitive team, especially on the road. They are always hyped in Perm, fans there like basketball, they fill the gym. We are coming off the double week in EuroLeague, so it’s important to come there with mind and body ready. Kenneth has a lot of experience, he knows his part. Obviously it’s going to take time to adjust to our offensive and defensive playbooks but his teammates and coaches are here to help him.

“RELATIVITY” CONNECTIONS

Parma CEO Alexander Bashminov played for CSKA from 1996 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2004.

Evgeny Voronov (2011-14) and Artem Zabelin (2007-11) also played for CSKA.

Voronov and Alexey Shved played for Khimki last season.

Nikita Kurbanov and Voronov met twice in Lokomotiv: first, when the team was located in Rostov (in 2005), then in Krasnodar (2014-15).

Iffe Lundberg and Marcel Ponitka played for Zielona Gora last season.

Vladimir Ivlev played for Parma last year.

Semen Antonov and Artsiom Parakhouski were teammates in Nizhny Novgorod in 2014-15 season.

PAST MATCHUPS

Wins-losses: 9-1

Games of 2020-21 season:

26-Sep-2020. CSKA – Parma: 95-97 (-2)
22-Nov-2020. Parma – CSKA: 61-95 (+34)

SHORT DOSSIER

Parma Perm, Russia

Founded: 2012
Colors: blue, white
Home court: UPS Molot (7,000)
CEO: Alexander Bashminov
Head coach: Kazis Maksvitis
Website: parmabasket.ru
Trophy case: 2-time Russian Cup winner (2016, 19), SuperLeague 1 bronze winner (2016)