Russian League playoffs, Finals Game 1: May 16, 2012
Jamont-GordonCSKA Moscow took the first step to successfully defend its Russian League title by downing BC Khimki Moscow Region 81-62 at home on Wednesday. CSKA has a 1-0 lead in the series and hosts Game 2 tomorrow. Jamont Gordon led the winners with 16 points and 6 assists. Darjus Lavrinovic added 14 points, Alexey Shved had 13, Andrei Kirilenko got 12 while Nenad Krstic contributed 11 for CSKA. Vitaliy Fridzon led Khimki with 22 points. Zoran Planinic added 17 for the guests, that were outrebounded by 37-22. A buzzer-beating triple by Fridzon allowed Khimki to get a 17-20 edge after 10 minutes. A 10-0 run allowed CSKA to regain the lead, 35-32, at halftime. Khimki stayed within 50-48 late in the third quarter but Gordon ahd Shved fueled a 9-0 run that broke the game open, 59-48. CSKA boosted its margin to 68-55 and never looked back. In the third place playoffs, Triumph Lyubertsy topped Lokomotiv Kuban 91-86 in Game 1 behind 24 points from Tywain McKee and 21 from Sergey Karasev. Ali Traore led Loko with 22 points. Loko tied the series with a 81-93 road win in Game 2. K.C. Rivers paced the winners with 20 points. Sergey Bykov added 19 while Nikita Shabalkin and Lionel Chalmers each had 13. Loko will host Games 3 and 4 this week.

Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
1 CSKA Moscow (1) - Final 81 May 17 May 19 *May 20 *May 22
0 BC Khimki (2) 62 - - - -
1 Triumph (3) - 3rd place 91 81 May 18 May 19 *May 21
1 Lokomotiv Kuban (4) 86 93 - - -

Finals Playoffs round games
Game 1 CSKA Moscow vs. BC Khimki 81-62 May 16
Game 1 Triumph vs. Lokomotiv Kuban 91-86 May 14
Game 2 CSKA Moscow vs. BC Khimki 0-0 May 17
Game 2 Triumph vs. Lokomotiv Kuban 81-93 May 15
Game 3 BC Khimki vs. CSKA Moscow 0-0 May 19
Game 3 Lokomotiv Kuban vs. Triumph 0-0 May 18
Game 4 BC Khimki vs. CSKA Moscow 0-0 *May 20
Game 4 Lokomotiv Kuban vs. Triumph 0-0 May 19
Game 5 CSKA Moscow vs. BC Khimki 0-0 *May 22
Game 5 Triumph vs. Lokomotiv Kuban 0-0 *May 21
Thursday, May 17, 2012
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