Knocked out in the first round
It rarely happens, but it did happened. It took our team less than half a quarter (!) to actually decide the outcome of the second game of the playoff series against Avtodor...
PBC CSKA – Avtodor BC Saratov: 111-85 (+26)
CSKA: Ware (17 + 3 rb + 10 as), Ukhov (8 + 3 as), Ruzhentsev (16), Davidovac (9 + 6 rb), Milutinov (12 + 5 rb) – start; Karpenko (1), Komolov (5), Astapkovich (12 + 3 to), Cacok (14 + 4 rb + 3 to), Jean-Charles (4 + 4 rb + 3 as), Moore (13 + 3 as), Kurbanov (6 as + 2 st)…
Avtodor: Armand (12 + 7 as), Newman (16 + 3 rb + 8 as + 3 to), Garrett (17 + 8 rb), Kolesnikov (4 + 4 pf), Nikolic (11 + 3 rb + 4 pf) – start; Pranauskis (10 + 3 rb + 3 as), Petenev (2 + 3 rb + 3 to + 4 pf), Mikhailovskiy (9 + 2 as), Ivanov (DNP), Minchenko (4 + 4 rb), Tsybikov (DNP)…
Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:
We started off well, scoring 25 points in four minutes, and it was hard for Avtodor to catch up with us. It's not easy for the opponents because they miss Machado and Zagorac, a couple of key players, and they tried very hard to show good basketball, they fought in the second half. We used a deeper rotation, tried to keep the players in shape, which is important for the future. 2-0 in the series, we need another win and we will try to get it in the next game.
