By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
VTB League schedule featured six games this week as UNICS, PARMA, Lokomotiv, Khimki, Kalev, and CSKA got the wins.
More than a few players stepped up for their squads but Alan Williams impressed the most this week and earned the MVP honors for this week.
MVP – Alan Williams
Lokomotiv Kuban got its fifth straight win and Alan Williams was responsible for keeping the streak alive. He took off against Tsmoki-Minsk with game-high 25 points while adding 16 rebounds and five assists.
Алан НЕУДЕРЖИМЫЙ Уильямс сегодня против @TsmokiMinsk | Alan UNSTOPPABLE Williams today vs Tsmoki:
✔️ 25 PTS
✔️ 16 REB
✔️ 5 AST
✔️ 38 EFF@alantwilliams @lokobasket pic.twitter.com/j84uJL9Pqj— VTB United League (@VTBUL) January 18, 2020
Top four teams remain unscathed
Aside from Lokomotiv, this week was successful for the rest of the top four squads as well. Alex Tyus and Errick McCollum partnered up and led UNICS Kazan to a road win over Stelmet Zielona Gora while Shved led Khimki past Enisey.
CSKA went on the road against Zenit St Petersburg and prevailed led by Johannes Voigtmann’s 17 points and seven boards and Daniel Hackett’s 14 points, seven boards and three assists.
VTB results and scorers
Zielona Gora – UNICS 89-100 (Radic 20 – Tyus 20)
PARMA – Nizhny Novgorod 106-71 (Zabelin 17 – Jenkins 16)
Lokomotiv – Tsmoki 78-70 (Williams 25 – Burnett 20)
Khimki – Enisey 91-87 (Shved 21 – Zakharov 26)
Kalev/Cramo – Avtodor 88-76 (Vinales 20 – Hicks 17)
Zenit – CSKA 63-82 (Voronov 14 – Voigtmann 17)
VTB standings
1. Khimki 13-1
2. CSKA 11-4
3. Lokomotiv 10-4
4. UNICS 8-5
5. Zenit 6-7
6. Enisey 6-7
7. Zielona Gora 6-8
8. Kalev/Cramo 6-8
9. Astana 5-7
10. Nizhny Novgorod 5-8
11. PARMA 5-9
12. Avtodor 4-9
13. Tsmoki 3-11
Photo Credit: VTB United League