By John Rammas/ irammas@eurohoops.net
Status, dynamics, form and the significance of results were the criteria for ranking the 18 teams.
#18 KHIMKI MOSCOW REGION
Previous ranking: 16 (-2)
Record: 2-11
At home: 1-6
Away: 1-5
Offense-Defense: 79.5-88.3
Even though Khimki Moscow Region are now complete, they became the first team to reach a double-digit number of defeats and are unable to break free from the bottom of the rankings. It’s going to be hard to change this situation if they don’t change their attitude on defense, of which theirs is the worst in the competition. How much worse would it be if they weren’t second in defensive rebounds? Until then, the seventh-best offense will be insufficient to make up for much.
#17 CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS BELGRADE
Previous ranking: 15 (-2)
Record: 4-9
At home: 2-4
Away: 2-5
Offense-Defense: 74.7-76.8
One (Jordan Loyd with 18.4 points, though with 29.4% in 3PT%) equals none for Zvezda, who have the fourth-worst offense in the competition (last in FG% with 43.5%). As long as consistency in scoring is missing from their game, so will the victories be missing, too. The sixth-best defense is not enough for anything more than four wins so far.