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 |