In the absence of injured Pavel SERGEEV, the Avtodor youngsters showed their best game for last months against UNICS, won the second half with a score 43-34, but a 17-3 run in the beginning of the 4th quarter decided the game for the favorites - 88-79.
UNICS having more deep roster of high-class performers and 6 Euroleague-level foreign players reached a confident 97-59 home win over Avtodor and increased the advantage in the Quarterfinal series to a 2-0.
The Saratov youngsters made a show-time in Kazan and presented a lot of spectacular plays and successful three-point shots to the fans. However, the UNICS foreign players recorded 69 of total 106 points scored by the Kazan team to secure a confident 106-76 win for the hosts.
Avtodor having an average age of players less than 22 years suffered a 83-106 road loss from Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar despite of total 41 points and 18 rebounds by Nikita MIKHAILOVSKII and Evgeny MINCHENKO to finish the regular season at the 6th place.
Basketball club Avtodor and Evgeny KOLESNIKOV have decided to terminate the agreement due to the mutual concent of both parties involved. The 36-year-old guard will finish the season in CSKA Moscow.