The VTB United League Playoffs schedule has been revealed, with the quarterfinals beginning on May 3. Each round of the postseason will feature a best-of-five series in a 2-2-1 format. The team with the higher seed will enjoy home-court advantage in each round of the postseason.
Here are the quarterfinal match-ups: CSKA (1) vs. Nizhny Novgorod (8), UNICS (2) vs. Kalev (7), Khimki (3) vs. Astana (6) and Lokomotiv-Kuban (4) vs. Zenit (5).
(1) CSKA vs. (8) Nizhny Novgorod
Game 1: May 4, 1:00 PM MSK, Moscow
Game 2: May 6, 7:00 PM MSK, Moscow
Game 3: May 9, 5:00 PM MSK, Nizhny Novgorod
Game 4*: May 11, 5:00 PM MSK, Nizhny Novgorod
Game 5*: May 14, 7:00 PM MSK, Moscow
(2) UNICS vs. (7) Kalev
Game 1: May 3, 6:30 PM MSK, Kazan
Game 2: May 5, 6:00 PM MSK, Kazan
Game 3: May 8, 7:00 PM MSK, Tallinn
Game 4*: May 10, 7:00 PM MSK, Tallinn
Game 5*: May 13, 7:00 PM MSK, Kazan
(3) Khimki vs. (6) Astana
Game 1: May 5, 4:00 PM MSK, Khimki
Game 2: May 7, 8:00 PM MSK, Khimki
Game 3: May 10, 4:30 PM MSK, Nur-Sultan
Game 4*: May 12, 12:00 PM MSK, Nur-Sultan
Game 5*: May 15, 8:00 PM MSK, Khimki
(4) Lokomotiv-Kuban vs. (5) Zenit
Game 1: May 4, 4:00 PM MSK, Krasnodar
Game 2: May 6, 8:00 PM MSK, Krasnodar
Game 3: May 9, 6:00 PM MSK, St. Petersburg
Game 4*: May 11, 6:00 PM MSK, St. Petersburg
Game 5*: May 14, 8:00 PM MSK, Krasnodar
* – if necessary
The semifinals will begin on May 22, while the finals will open on June 5.
The full schedule can be found under the Schedule tab.
