CSKA — Astana, 11 April 2021
LIVE (for Russia): Match! Country, Vtb-league.com, MatchTV.ru, Sportbox.ru, TV StArt
Apr. 12 (Mon):
6:00, 16:40: Match! Country
PRE-GAME BREAKDOWN
The loss of Dani Hackett, who injured his shoulder in the meeting with ASVEL, further reduced the rotation for Dimitris Itoudis. Joel Bolomboy (ankle), Mike James (suspended), Nikola Milutinov (shoulder) and Janis Strelnieks (out of VTB League roster) also remain out.
WORD TO THE COACH
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
We are focused on playing upcoming VTB League game, but at the same time one of our goals is to heal the injured players. Astana has some COVID cases but they still have actually all their main creators, so we prepare for the game normally, knowing how the opponents play.
“RELATIVITY” CONNECTIONS
Valery Tikhonenko, Astana General Manager, is a legend of CSKA. He played for the Army Men for 5 seasons (1985-87, 1997-2000) and coached the team for 2 years (2000-02).
Martins Meiers played together with Janis Strelnieks at Ventspils during 2009-10 season.
PAST MATCHUPS
Win-loss record: 21-0
Game of 2020-21 season:
23-Sep-2020. Astana – CSKA: 60-93 (+33)
SHORT DOSSIER
BC Astana (Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan)
Founded: 2000
Colors: yellow, blue
Home court: SC Velotrack/Saryarka (9,270).
President: Valery Tikhonenko
Head coach: Emil Rajkovic
Website: pbcastana.kz
Trophy case: 7-time Kazakhstan champion (2012-15, 17-19), 7-time Kazakhstan Cup winner (2011-14,17-19), FIBA Asian Champions Cup bronze winner (2017).
Upcoming tournament games
30 May 2024, Thursday
31 May 2024, Friday
01 June 2024, Saturday
In case of tournament necessity
02 June 2024, Sunday
04 June 2024, Tuesday
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05 June 2024, Wednesday
In case of tournament necessity
08 June 2024, Saturday
In case of tournament necessity
11 June 2024, Tuesday
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