Russian League Semifinals, Game 2: May 8-10, 2008
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CSKA Moscow needed overtime, but found the recipe to beat rival Dynamo Moscow 85-78 on Saturday and take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five Russian league semifinals. The freshly crowned Euroleague champions joined Khimki in winning the first two games of their respective series at home. J.R. Holden played over 40 minutes, scored 19 points and dished 7 assists to lead CSKA in a game that was close from start to finish. Trajan Langdon added 17 points, Matjaz Smodis posted 15 points and 9 rebounds and David Andersen and Ramunas Siskauskas netted 11 apiece for the winners. Travis Hansen made 5 triples en route to 19 points for Dynamo, Antonis Fotsis added 15 and Sergey Monya had 14 for Dynamo, which was hurt by committing 16 turnovers – twice as many as CSKA. On Thursday, Khimki bested Ural Great 99-90. Maciej Lampe recorded 29 points and 9 rebounds for the winners, who took control of the game with a 33-19 third quarter. Daniel Ewing added 21 points, Kelly McCarty scored 18 and Vitaly Fridzon had 12. Ralph Biggs paced Ural Great with 27 points, Aleksei Zozulin had 20, Vanja Plisnic 13, Andrew Wisniewski 12 and Brent Wright 11.
| Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 2 | CSKA Moscow (1) | 74 | 85 | May 13 | *May 14 | *May 16 | | 0 | Dynamo Moscow (5) | 59 | 78 | - | - | - | | 2 | Khimki (2) | 101 | 99 | May 11 | *May 12 | *May 14 | | 0 | Ural Great (6) | 78 | 90 | - | - | - |
| Semifinal games | | Game 1 | CSKA Moscow vs. Dynamo Moscow | 74-59 | May 9 | | Game 1 | Khimki vs. Ural Great | 101-78 | May 7 | | Game 2 | CSKA Moscow vs. Dynamo Moscow | 85-78 | May 10 | | Game 2 | Khimki vs. Ural Great | 99-90 | May 8 | | Game 3 | Dynamo Moscow vs. CSKA Moscow | - | May 13 | | Game 3 | Ural Great vs. Khimki | - | May 11 | | Game 4 | Dynamo Moscow vs. CSKA Moscow | - | *May 14 | | Game 4 | Ural Great vs. Khimki | - | *May 12 | | Game 5 | CSKA Moscow vs. Dynamo Moscow | - | *May 16 | | Game 5 | Khimki vs. Ural Great | - | *May 14 |
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