13 players boarded Airbus aircraft. Joel Freeland (shoulder) stayed in Moscow, Anton Astapkovich and Mikhail Kulagin went to Samara to help CSKA-2 in its quest for VTB Youth League medals.
“We go to Prague to play against a team that was very competitive in first two games of the series,” CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis said. “We know the difficulties in front of us and I hope that we will be able to improve our game in many aspects.”
“Relatility” connection
Joel Freeland and Jiri Welsch played for Unicaja in 2009-10 season.
Past matchups
Wins-losses: 9-1
VTB United League. 20.10.2011: CSKA – Nymburk: 80-69 (+11)
VTB United League. 07.03.2012: Nymburk – CSKA: 79-60 (-19)
VTB United League. 11.11.2012: CSKA – Nymburk: 84-75 (+9)
VTB United League. 17.03.2013: Nymburk – CSKA: 63-76 (+13)
VTB United League. 14.12.2014: Nymburk – CSKA: 73-86 (+13)
VTB United League. 30.03.2015: CSKA – Nymburk: 102-67 (+35)
VTB United League. 22.11.2015: CSKA – Nymburk: 119-68 (+51)
VTB United League. 20.12.2015: Nymburk – CSKA: 66-86 (+20)
VTB United League. Quarterfinals. 29.04.2016: CSKA – Nymburk: 95-87 (+8)
VTB United League. Quarterfinals. 01.05.2016: CSKA – Nymburk: 79-72 (+7)
Short dossier
Nymburk, Czech Republic
Founded: 1929
Colors: red, white
Home court for the game: Královka Praha 7 (3.000)
President: Miroslav Jansta
Head coach: Ronen Ginsburg
Website: www.basket-nymburk.cz
Trophy case: 12-time Czech champion (2004-15), 11-time Czech Cup winner (2004, 2005, 2007-15)
