On the road again

02.04.2016
Anton Astapkovich (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
On the next day after the game vs Zalgiris our team went to meet Tsmoki Minsk in VTB United League.

The Army Men had traditional afternoon practice in USH CSKA and left to Sheremetyevo. The team boarded the charter Boeing aircraft operated by Rossiya Airlines, the ‘daughter’ company of Aeroflot, our club’s official carrier.

“We secured the first place in the VTB regular championship but we still have serious approach to every game,” CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis said. “Tsmoki play well at home, they have obvious offensive talent. The team is led by good backcourt players such as Mirkovic, Gray and Hilliard, they have size and experience in frontline with Maras and Stutz, they have quality reserve players. We will show respect to the game, our opponents and ourselves, we will try to show our best basketball and work to improve our game.”

Victor Khryapa and Joel Freeland remain out with injuries for CSKA.

Past matchups


Wins/losses: 11-0
2010-11 – VTB United League. Regular season: Minsk-2006 – CSKA: 62-75 (+13)
2010-11 – VTB United League. Regular season: CSKA – Minsk-2006: 82-72 (+10)
2011-12 – VTB United League. Regular season: Minsk-2006 – CSKA: 52-96 (+44)
2011-12 – VTB United League. Regular season: CSKA – Minsk-2006: 110-60 (+50)
2012-13 – VTB United League. Regular season: Tsmoki Minsk – CSKA: 48-90 (+42)
2012-13 – VTB United League. Regular season: CSKA – Tsmoki Minsk: 68-57 (+11)
2013-14 – VTB United League. Regular season: Tsmoki Minsk – CSKA: 62-66 (+4)
2013-14 – VTB United League. Regular season: CSKA – Tsmoki Minsk: 89-68 (+21)
2014-15 – VTB United League. Regular season: CSKA – Tsmoki Minsk: 93-72 (+21)
2014-15 – VTB United League. Regular season: Tsmoki Minsk – CSKA: 68-109 (+41)
2014-15 – VTB United League. Regular season: CSKA – Tsmoki Minsk: 92-48 (+44)

Short dossier


Tsmoki Minsk, Belarus
Founded: 2006
Colors: blue, white
Home court: Minsk Arena (15,000)
CEO: Yuri Shakola
Head coach: Igor Grishchuk
Website: www.bc-tsmoki.by
Trophy case: 7-time Belarusian champion (2009-15), 6-time Belarusian Cup winner (2009-14)

Photos
Ivan Lazarev (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Mikhail Kulagin (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Kyle Hines (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Andrey Vorontsevich (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
(photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Kyle Hines (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)
Nikita Kurbanov (photo: M. Serbin, cskabasket.com)