DYBL. Semifinal in EEIJRO Trinta22 february 2007

BC Khimki has played three games of this past stage of the DYBL Championship games in the Trinta Special School for Junior Youth of the Olympic Reserve (EEIJRO). Sergey Zhigulin and Oleg Rezvy’s players’ performance resulted in two victories and one last-second defeat. Now, onto the next stage of the battle for the medals, and the team must win at least one of the two upcoming games left to play: against CSK VVS Samara and the court home team, EEIJRO Trinta.

19.02 Khimki vs. Avtodor Saratov: 84-67 (31-16, 23-10, 6-25, 24-16)
Babunashvili: 13, Karpeko: 18, Loginov: 17, Bondarovich: 10.

20.02 RVK Moscow vs. Khimki: 41-65 (14-17, 7-15, 8-17, 12-16)
Babunashvili: 17 + 10 rebotes, Loginov: 12, Mikulitis: 9.

21.02 Khimki vs. Dynamo M: 71-73 (20-19, 19-15, 15-14, 17-25)
Zaitsev: 15, Loginov: 13, Kirin: 11.


Remarks by Oleg REZVY:

— We led during the whole game, but at the end we erred on two free throws. The opponent, with 2.9 seconds left to the game took the ball the mid-court and shot a 3-pointer, but missed the mark, though the Muscovites won the rebound and shot two winning points in the paint. One of our leading players, the best of the National Team for his age group, Teimuraz Babunashvili, did not play as much court time as the coaches would have liked, because he was not feeling well. I have to admit that the team has a warrior spirit. The boys went after every ball. They are ready to win.
Author: Alexei Kuziashin