By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
VEF Riga delivered one of the greatest upsets this season in VTB League by defeating powerhouse Khimki Moscow 77 – 73 away from home after a major comeback in the fourth quarter.
This was quite the stunning win, even moreso considering that Khimki was up 14 (!), 59 – 45 in the beginning of the final period after a basket by Anthony Gill. But Riga proceeded to score a phenomenal number of 32 points in nine minutes to take a mighty victory back to Latvia.
Ken Brown scored a game-high 22 points (5/6 3-pointers) and grabbed 5 rebounds and Kristaps Janicenocks added 21 plus 4 assists for the winning squad. Tyler Honeycutt had 15 points plus 5 rebounds for Khimki while Alexey Shved finished with 12 points (5/17 from the field) and a game-high 9 assists.
In the other VTB League game played today, Unics Kazan put on an excellent defensive effort to beat Kalev Tallinn 75 – 67 on the road and remain at the top of the standings.
Jamar Smith had 15 points and Stephane Lasme a double/double of 11 points/10 rebounds for Unics. Isaiah Briscoe (25 points) was the only Tallinn player in double figures.
VTB League Results:
|
HOME |
AWAY |
CURRENT SCORE |
FT |
HT |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BK ASTANA |
ZENIT SAINT PETERSBURG |
87-64 |
87-64 |
44-42 |
23-21 |
21-21 |
21-12 |
22-10 |
|
BC TSMOKI MINSK |
83-93 |
83-93 |
37-50 |
18-32 |
19-18 |
16-22 |
30-21 |
|
|
KHIMKI MOSCOW |
VEF RIGA |
73-77 |
73-77 |
38-29 |
17-15 |
21-14 |
20-16 |
15-32 |
|
BC KALEV/CRAMO |
UNICS KAZAN |
67-75 |
67-75 |
32-35 |
16-23 |
16-12 |
20-22 |
15-18 |
VTB League Standings:
|
#
|
TEAM
|
PTS
|
MP
|
W
|
L
|
POINTS
|
+/-
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
UNICS KAZAN
|
27
|
14
|
13
|
1
|
1197 – 1025
|
172
|
|
|
2
|
28
|
15
|
13
|
2
|
1370 – 1157
|
213
|
||
|
3
|
LOKOMOTIV KUBAN
|
26
|
14
|
12
|
2
|
1208 – 974
|
234
|
|
|
4
|
ZENIT SAINT PETERSBURG
|
25
|
14
|
11
|
3
|
1197 – 1164
|
33
|
|
|
5
|
AVTODOR
|
20
|
13
|
7
|
6
|
1094 – 1146
|
-52
|
|
|
6
|
KHIMKI MOSCOW
|
21
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
1167 – 1087
|
80
|
|
|
7
|
PARMA BASKET PERM
|
17
|
13
|
4
|
9
|
1037 – 1124
|
-87
|
|
|
8
|
BC TSMOKI MINSK
|
18
|
14
|
4
|
10
|
1001 – 1145
|
-144
|
|
|
9
|
BK ASTANA
|
18
|
14
|
4
|
10
|
1036 – 1099
|
-63
|
|
|
10
|
VEF RIGA
|
18
|
14
|
4
|
10
|
1042 – 1138
|
-96
|
|
|
11
|
BC KALEV/CRAMO
|
18
|
14
|
4
|
10
|
1142 – 1252
|
-110
|
|
|
12
|
NIZHNIY NOVGOROD
|
15
|
12
|
3
|
9
|
997 – 1047
|
-50
|
|
|
13
|
ENISEY
|
16
|
13
|
3
|
10
|
995 – 1125
|
-130
|
|