“We start our VTB League playoffs with the game against Astana,” CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis said. “This is a serious team that deserved to be in top-8. Our goal is to play focused from very beginning and approach the series game by game.”
Past matchups
Win-loss record: 11-0
Games in 2016-17 season:
08-Oct-2016. Astana – CSKA: 76-92 (+16)
29-Jan-2017. CSKA – Astana: 81-63 (+18)
Short dossier
BC Astana (Kazakhstan)
Founded: 2000
Colors: yellow, blue
Home court: SC Velotrack/Saryarka (9,270)
President: Valery Tikhonenko
Head coach: Ilias Papatheodorou
Website: pbcastana.kz
Trophy case: 5-time Kazahstan champion (2012-15, 17), 5-time Kazakhstan Cup winner (2011-15)
