By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Anthony Gill and Alexey Shved are still out of action for Khimki, Zenit St. Petersburg had a new coach in Joan Plaza, but the hosts got the easy 90-67 win.
Even without Shved, Khimki made 13 out of 20 threes and has a 10-1 record. Only CSKA Moscow which remains perfect at 10-0 is better in the standings of the VTB United League, with Unics being third at 8-2.
VTB United League – 22/12 – 24/12
Khimki – Zenit 90-67 (Crocker 20 – Reynolds 16)
UNICS – Tsmoki-Minsk 88-69 (Smith 18 – Saddler 18)
VEF – CSKA 80-107 (Clavars 15 – Rodriguez 21)
Nizhny Novgorod – PARMA 100-98 (2OT) (Czerapowicz 28 – Larson 23)
Astana – Avtodor 100-83 (OT) (Grosselle 26 – Golden 19)
Stelmet Zielona Gora – Lokomotiv Kuban 67-73 (Sakic 16 – Johnson 15)
Enisey – Kalev 80-88 (Young 18 – Lewis 25)