Pari NN — CSKA, 03 January 2021

PRE-GAME BREAKDOWN

To normally prepare and celebrate the New Year the Army Men left Milan right after the win vs Olimpia. The first practice of 2021 took place on January 1, in the evening.

Only Will Clyburn (ankle) remains out for the Red-Blues. 14 players travelled to Nizhny: the coaching staff took the CSKA-2 guard Yuri Umrikhin in addition to healthy players of the main team.

WORD TO THE COACH

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

As every year Nizhny has competitive and dangerous team, a combination of young and experienced players. We have to be focused and motivated, to go there and fight.

PAST MATCHUPS

Win-loss record: 27-3
2019-20 season games:
25-Nov-2019. CSKA – N.Novgorod: 94-69 (+25)
26-Jan-2020. N.Novgorod – CSKA: 84-93 (+9)

SHORT DOSSIER

BC 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)