Russian League Finals, Game 1: May 22, 2008
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Euroleague champion CSKA Moscow took another step towards lifting the Russian crown once again by winning Game 1 of the best-of-five Russian League Finals on Thursday. CSKA beat Khimki 97-76 behind 26 points from Matjaz Smodis, who signed a contract extension with the club the day before. CSKA scored 33 points in the opening period to take a 15-point lead, which proved to be more than enough as Khimki never really threatened. The hosts committed only 5 turnovers, passed for 25 assists and outrebounded Khimki 31-20. David Andersen added 17 points for CSKA, Ramunas Siskauskas had 15, Trajan Langdon 14 and J.R. Holden scored 13 and dished 6 assists. Theo Papaloukas and Victor Khryapa also had 6 assists each. Clay Tucker scored 15 for Khimki, Pat Burke had 14 and Vladimir Veremeenko 13 in defeat.
| Final Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 1 | CSKA Moscow (1) | 97 | May 23 | May 26 | *May 27 | *May 29 | | 0 | Khimki (2) | 76 | - | - | - | - |
| Final games | | Game 1 | CSKA Moscow vs. Khimki | 97-76 | May 22 | | Game 2 | CSKA Moscow vs. Khimki | - | May 23 | | Game 3 | Khimki vs. CSKA Moscow | - | May 26 | | Game 4 | Khimki vs. CSKA Moscow | - | *May 27 | | Game 5 | CSKA Moscow vs. Khimki | - | *May 29 |
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