Canaan, Smith lift UNICS in the narrow win over Khimki

2021-01-17T15:07:57+00:00 2021-01-18T19:28:26+00:00.

Giannis Askounis

17/Jan/21 15:07

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Khimki Moscow Region failed to get back on track in the debut of interim head coach Andrey Maltsev

By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net

UNICS Kazan prevailed, 93-87, versus Khimki Moscow Region in an exciting VTB United League match played Sunday. Isaiah Canaan went for 22 points. Jamar Smith also scored 22 points including the game-winning bucket. Alexey Shved produced a game-high 33 points but was not enough for the team coached by Andrey Maltsev. The visitors jumped to 9-4 forcing Khimki to 5-6.

On Saturday, Will Cummings fired in 25 points and Mindaugas Kuzminskas 19 points leading Lokomotiv Kuban to the 94-73 demolition of Nizhny Novgorod. The team based in Krasnodar jumped to 9-5.

Zenit stayed on top of the standings with an 11-1 record after dismantling Kalev while CSKA followed up with a win as well and a 10-2 record.

VTB results this week:

Thursday
Avtodor Saratov – Kalev/Cramo 87-61

Saturday
Nizhny Novgorod – Lokomotiv Kuban 73-94

Sunday
Enisey Krasnoyarsk – Parma Perm 52-86
Tsmoki-Minsk – Enea Zastal BC Zielona Gora 75-80
Khimki Moscow Region – UNICS Kazan 87-93

Monday
Avtodor Saratov – CSKA Moscow 82-98
Kalev/Cramo – Zenit Saint-Petersburg 51-87

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