BEKO PBL. Play-offs. Semifinals. First matches. UNICS beat Khimki, CSKA defeat Lokomotiv

BEKO PBL Russian league

Play-offs

Semifinals (best-of-five)

First matches

UNICS Kazan – BC Khimki – 70:59 (20:13, 15:12, 18:18, 17:16)

UNICS: Lampe (22 + 9 rebounds), Popovic (16), Pashutin (9), Veremeenko (4), Samoilenko (2 + 6 assists) – start; Minard (9), Lyday (6), Zamanskiy (2) Amirkhanov (0), Rizvic (0).

KHIMKI: Fridzon (15), Monya (11), Planinic (4 + 7 rebounds), Kelati (0), Papadopoulos (0) – start; Loncar (10 + 9 rebounds), Hansen (9), Savrasenko (6) , Lopez (4), Panin (0).

May 31. 17.00 CET.

UNICS Kazan lead the series 1-0.

CSKA Moscow – Lokomotiv-Kuban – 77:71 (22:18, 18:20, 14:16, 23:17)

CSKA: J. R. Holden (19), Caun (18), Langdon (13), Khryapa (8 + 8 rebounds + 10 assists + 5 interceptions), Siskauskas (2) – start; Smodis (6), Shved (4) , Vorontsevich (4), Becirovic (3), Gordon (0), Sokolov (0).

LOCOMOTIV: Chalmers (18 + 6 assists), Massey (14 + 7 rebounds), Tucker (2), Shukhovtsov (2), Surovtsev (0) – start; Wilkinson (19), Jeretin (5), Toporov (4 ), Vasiliev (4), Gregoriev (3), Sheleketo (0).

May 31. 17.00 CET.

CSKA Moscow lead the series 1-0.

The next games will be held on June 1 (17.00 CET), June 4, and, if necessary, on June 5 and 7.