The 3rd game of the half final series came to the Army club harder than previous two. Khimki were fighting for all the 40 minutes and lost the chance to win only with 4 seconds to go when Papaloukas made the final rebound after Fridzon miss.
Khimli vs CSKA: 89-91
Sergey Panov made an impressive 17 points performance. CSKA captain scored almost all of the points in the last quarter and helped the team a lot. Antonio Granger finished with 12 points, Brown, Pashutin and Monya added 11 each, Andersen and Holden were limited to 10.
CSKA rival in the Finals is not determined yet as the winner of the Dynamo Moscow – UNICS series is not known.
Dusan Ivkovic CSKA head coach:
- This game was different in comparison to the pervious two. To tell you the truth Khimki surprised me in the first 2 games. I have watched all their quarterfinal games and expected a far better game of the rival. This time Khimki finally showed what I was waiting for. The performance of Booker and Wolkowysky was on a great level.
My team was loosing consentration in a short but very important periods of time. I mean the end of the first half, than the beginning of the last quarter.
And, of course, the game wasa marked with a thrilling last minute. I did not expect Elevich to play with 4 guards in the line-up. But I can say that the tactic almost prove itself.
I want to congratulate my team with the team. I want to congratulate Khimki on their wonderful season. The team had some problems in the beginning of the year to accommodate foreigners but in the end everything worked out in the end.
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