By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Despite playing without Nando De Colo due to rest reasons, CSKA faced no problem against Nizhny Novgorod, winning 97 – 80 to claim victory no. 12 in VTB League.
CSKA coach Dimitris Itoudis was happy to see Andrey Vorontsevich hitting 5/5 from downtown (17 points in total) and four of his players scoring in double figures but also having French guard Leo Westermann back in action.
Westermann finished with 9 points, 1 assists, and 1 steal in 16 minutes in his first game since late October. Kyle Hines added 11 points, Nikita Kurbanov 10 plus 8 rebounds and Will Clyburn 10 points and 6 boards.
Petr Gubanov led Nizhny with 22 points and 5 rebounds.
In the rest of the Week’s games, Lokomotiv Kuban continued its superb run by defeating Khimki Moscow at home. Former Lokobasket and current Khimki coach Giorgos Bartzokas expected a rather different welcome, expressing his discontent after the match.
Results
| HOME | AWAY | FT | HT | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT |
| ENISEY | BC KALEV/CRAMO | 88-91 | 46-48 | 23-21 | 23-27 | 27-17 | 15-26 | 0-0 |
| AVTODOR | BK ASTANA | 74-74 | 40-36 | 19-17 | 21-19 | 20-19 | 14-19 | 18-12 |
| PARMA BASKET PERM | ZENIT SAINT PETERSBURG | 94-99 | 52-50 | 25-21 | 27-29 | 25-21 | 17-28 | 0-0 |
| VEF RIGA | UNICS KAZAN | 69-81 | 32-40 | 16-16 | 16-24 | 16-24 | 21-17 | 0-0 |
| LOKOMOTIV KUBAN | KHIMKI MOSCOW | 93-78 | 46-44 | 22-24 | 24-20 | 29-19 | 18-15 | 0-0 |
| CSKA MOSCOW | NIZHNIY NOVGOROD | 97-80 | 47-39 | 25-19 | 22-20 | 22-15 | 28-26 | 0-0 |
VTB League Standings:
|
#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
LOKOMOTIV KUBAN
|
23
|
12
|
11
|
1
|
1043 – 832
|
211
|
|
|
2
|
UNICS KAZAN
|
21
|
11
|
10
|
1
|
951 – 826
|
125
|
|
|
3
|
CSKA MOSCOW
|
24
|
13
|
11
|
2
|
1187 – 1003
|
184
|
|
|
4
|
ZENIT SAINT PETERSBURG
|
22
|
12
|
10
|
2
|
1041 – 988
|
53
|
|
|
5
|
KHIMKI MOSCOW
|
17
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
935 – 845
|
90
|
|
|
6
|
AVTODOR
|
17
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
926 – 968
|
-42
|
|
|
7
|
BC TSMOKI MINSK
|
15
|
11
|
4
|
7
|
786 – 883
|
-97
|
|
|
8
|
PARMA BASKET PERM
|
16
|
12
|
4
|
8
|
967 – 1040
|
-73
|
|
|
9
|
BC KALEV/CRAMO
|
17
|
13
|
4
|
9
|
1075 – 1177
|
-102
|
|
|
10
|
ENISEY
|
14
|
11
|
3
|
8
|
878 – 975
|
-97
|
|
|
11
|
NIZHNIY NOVGOROD
|
14
|
11
|
3
|
8
|
908 – 955
|
-47
|
|
|
12
|
BK ASTANA
|
16
|
13
|
3
|
10
|
949 – 1035
|
-86
|
|
|
13
|
VEF RIGA
|
12
|
11
|
1
|
10
|
808 – 927
|
-119
|
|