Three? Two!..

CSKA wasted double-digit lead in the second half of final series Game 3. Khimki run and strange referee decisions in the end made our team to suffer its first loss in the Russian Championship season 2008-09.

Khimki Moscow Region vs. CSKA: 67-66

Ettore Messina:

“I can tell you two things. First, we played very good first half and very lazy second half. Khimki played very aggressive defense, especially their guards and they were very good in middle court pick-n-rolls – we couldn’t do anything about them. Second, even if we stand that CSKA won in the first half and Khimki – in the second, I think, we deserved the third free throw by Siskauskas.”