CSKA has strengthened the top position – Kommersant

VTB United League

Basketball CSKA has strengthened its leadership in the regular season VTB United League. CSKA have committed in the championship only one misfire on another site caused a fourth defeat of the season, perhaps his chief rival – “Khimki” – 96:85.

The content of this game from the start line with a bright sign. There were two finalists of last year’s draw of VTB United League and the two favorites of the current drawing. The two clubs, which this season have to fight with each other, and on the domestic and on the international front. And internationally – that is, in the Euroleague – “Khimki” have already recently slightly annoy the Russian flagship, inflicting defeat on the second group stage.

Start a quarter of their next match it was just insane. Those who imagine that fine, to the smallest nuances of knowing each other, knowing how to defend opponents points will accrue to high price, greatly mistaken. In those ten minutes they scored them on two 58 – index, a worthy star of the match. Worthy of matches and star was the style in which the extracted points. “Khimki” CSKA and presented to the public the whole scattering of dunks and other tricks, including such spectacular, as a combination of “parachute” when a player before you put the ball in the basket, catches it in flight.

His most amazing cast held simultaneously with the siren on the end of the quarter. Basketball “Khimki” Josh Boone reached before the transfer, already seemed hopelessly falling behind the front line, but failed, rejecting the body at 45 degrees, push the ball in the basket. It is this number provided site owners symbolic advantage.

In the next quarter performance fell to, say, normal, but the game is the less interesting, hot not. And chic episodes it was still more than enough – only now to dunk, and other attackers chips added block shots.

Moreover, and this is over a quarter of a throw, scored for a moment before the siren sounded at the break. But the difference is not himchanin and soldier Nando de Colo, coolly, ignoring the terrible shortage of time for reflection, struck from afar. Due to de Colo CSKA went to rest with a more or less noticeable margin of five points.

Then, in the third quarter, “Khimki”, exploding, eliminated the backlog, but the one who made reliable seems to be banking on the fact that the match will be a complete ending, was wrong. Himchane when overtook CSKA somehow fuss, and the army team with their experience and error class, if they are in series, the opponents do not forgive. Besides, the red-blue genius came off the bench veteran Viktor Khryapa. Soon, they were already ahead by ten points in the final period and escaped further. “Khimki” fought hard, but not their own exploits, or other people’s mistakes they could not help.

Alex Armor

VTB United League

 

 

“bisons loimaa” (Finland) – “Kalev” (Estonia) 98:86. “Lokomotiv-Kuban” (Russia) – “Avtodor” (Russia) 91:77. VEF (Latvia) – “Red October” (Russia) 92:94. “Nizhny Novgorod” (Russia) – “Vita” (Georgia) 97:65. UNICS (Russia) – “Astana” (Kazakhstan) 100: 73. “Khimki” (Russia) – CSKA (Russia) 85:96. “Yenisei” (Russia) – “Nymburk” (Czech Republic) 88:92.

 

Standings

and The P % Ratio 1. CSKA 20 19 1 95,0 2. UNICS 18 16 2 88,9 3. Zenith 14 11 3 78,6 4. “Khimki” 18 14 4 77,8 5. “Lokomotiv-Kuban” 17 12 5 70,6 6. “Nymburk” 19 11 8 57,9 7. “Avtodor” 16 9 7 56,3 8. “Nizhny Novgorod” 18 10 8 55,6 9. “Red October” 18 7 11 38,9 10. “Tsmoki-Minsk” 16 6 10 37,5 11. “Bisons loimaa” 20 7 13 35,0 12. “Yenisei” 18 6 12 33,3 13. “Astana” 18 6 12 33,3 14. “Kalev” 17 4 13 23,5 15. VEF 18 4 14 22,2 16. “Vita” 19 0 19 0,0