Russian League finals, Game 2: May 17, 2012
Nenad Krstic - CSKA MoscowCSKA Moscow marched to its second convincing victory over BC Khimki in as many days to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-five Russian League finals series. Nenad Krstic scored 21 points to lead the hosts to a 79-61 win. The CSKA defense took charge from the start by limiting Khimki to 5 first quarter points. Krstic (8) and Ramunas Siskauskas (6) each outscored Khimki in that period as CSKA grabbed a 13-point lead. It was 29-11 midway through the second quarter and CSKA never looked back. Khimki rallied to within 9 early in the fourth quarter before a 6-0 CSKA spurt put the game out of reach. Siskauskas added 12 points and Alexey Shved tallied 12 points and 6 assists for CSKA. Jeff Adrien led Khimki with 16 points and 8 rebounds and Kresimir Loncar added 10 points in defeat. CSKA, which played without the injured Andrei Kirilenko, will try to wrap up the series on the road in Game 3 on Saturday.



Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
2 CSKA Moscow (1) - Final 81 79 May 19 *May 20 *May 22
0 BC Khimki (2) 62 61 - - -
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 79-61 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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