By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Errick McCollum missed just one shot en route to scoring a season-high 33 points in 22 minutes, as Unics Kazan beat Kalev Tallinn 107 – 95 on the road.
Thanks to this performance, McCollum surpassed his previous season-best of 32 points, he had scored in a EuroCup quarterfinals win over Lokomotiv Kuban. In VTB, his career-high until tonight (9/4) was the 25 points he notched when Unics beat VEF Riga 89 – 74.
McCollum scored 7/8 2-pointers, 5/5 triples and 4/4 free throws to lead Unics to a result that improved them to 18 – 4 and keep them in pursuit of top-placed CSKA Moscow.
Arnet Moultrie had 22 points and 10 assists for Kalev that is 10 – 12.
Behind Nando De Colo’s 17 points, CSKA Moscow got a 95 – 89 away win over Nizhny Novgorod and improved to 21-4.
Georgy Zhbanov was the top performer for Nizhny (12-10) with 18 points plus nine rebounds.
Photo: VTB League