Pre-game breakdown
The Army Men got back from Madrid on Saturday night by Aeroflot charter flight. The team had a video session and practice on Saturday.
Will Clyburn (knee) and Mikhail Kulagin (foot) remain out. The Red-Blues will also miss Kosta Koufos who got a club’s permission to travel back home from Spain for family reasons.
Evgeny Babourin from Nizhny got a face bone broken last week.
Word to the coach
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
Nizhny players are young and ambitious. They have a team that fights on the level of foul, they use a lot of contact on defense, we must be ready for that.
Past matchups
Win-loss record: 25-3
2018-19 season games:
13-Oct-2018. CSKA – N.Novgorod: 84-78 (+6)
09-Apr-2019. N.Novgorod – CSKA: 89-95 (+6)
Quarterfinals
04-May-2019. CSKA – N.Novgorod: 87-50 (+27)
06-May-2019. CSKA – N.Novgorod: 86-66 (+20)
09-May-2019. N.Novgorod – CSKA: 72-80 (+8)
Short dossier
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)
