CSKA stays perfect after beating Astana

2017-12-25T19:28:32+00:00 2017-12-25T21:44:36+00:00.

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25/Dec/17 19:28

Eurohoops.net

The Russian powerhouse is now 10/10 in the VTB league after taking down Astana and celebrated Christmas the right way.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

After ten weeks of action in VTB league Russian powerhouse, CSKA Moscow stays perfect. This week they prevailed over Astana 79-63 at home improving their record to a 10-0.

The host team played without Sergio Rodriguez tonight but still managed to leave Astana behind.

After the slow-paced first half, CSKA was up by 10 points as they had 40-30 lead thanks to Cory Higgins who had 8 points in that period.

The Key: A 7-0 run by CSKA at the start of the fourth quarter closed the doors for visitors to stay close and try to upset the hosts.

The Star: Othello Hunter came back after the injury this week in the Euroleague game against Khimki. Today he had the strong performance for the CSKA scoring 13 points and grabbing 7 boards.

Justin Carter tried to save Astana with 14 points, but that didn’t cut it.

With this loss, Astana sinks to a 2-8 record.

VTB League Standings

# TEAM PTS MP W L POINTS +/-
1 CSKA MOSCOW 20 10 10 0 928 – 746 182
2 LOKOMOTIV KUBAN 17 9 8 1 765 – 613 152
3 UNICS KAZAN 15 8 7 1 688 – 592 96
4 ZENIT SAINT PETERSBURG 16 9 7 2 773 – 730 43
5 KHIMKI MOSCOW 13 8 5 3 681 – 598 83
6 AVTODOR 12 8 4 4 670 – 716 -46
7 BC TSMOKI MINSK 13 9 4 5 631 – 713 -82
8 PARMA BASKET PERM 13 10 3 7 786 – 859 -73
9 ENISEY 9 7 2 5 564 – 627 -63
10 NIZHNIY NOVGOROD 10 8 2 6 654 – 694 -40
11 BK ASTANA 12 10 2 8 723 – 805 -82
12 BC KALEV/CRAMO 12 10 2 8 830 – 910 -80
13 VEF RIGA 9 8 1 7 607 – 697 -90

 

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