By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
We did not see any major surprises in VTB League this Week since, one way or another, the most qualitative teams bettered their opponents
For a little less than 30 minutes a highly interesting and close game was taking place in Loimaa between Bisons and CSKA. We might have been witnessing a major surprise if not for Kyle Hines’ firm hand on both ends of court through which the Russians made their superiority clear in the end. CSKA remains at the top of the standings, where UNICS climbed to the second position after their win against VEF Riga.
Astana’s win against Nizhny is probably quite noteworthy. Then again, the club from Kazakhstan has shown many times that it can score a lot of points and punish teams that might underestimate its offensive game. After this defeat, coach Bagatskis’ team lost even more ground in the standings, falling to the 8th spot.
Nymburk’s quite comfortable victory on the road helped them remain 7th among the rest of the teams
VTB United League 2015-16 – 16-17/1
Krasny Oktyabr (Jerry Jeferson with 18 points/10 rebounds) – VITA Tbilisi : 85 – 82
Unics Kazan (Keith Langford 27 points, 7 rebounds) – VEF Riga: 82- 72
Astana (Nik Caner Medley: 21 points, 7 rebounds) – Nizhny Novgorod: 101 – 99
Zenit St. Petersburg (Ryan Toolson 21 points) – Enisey: 81 – 64
Bisons Loimaa – CSKA Moscow (Vitaly Fridzon 26 points): 82 – 98
Kalev Tallin – Nymburk (Maxime De Zeuuw 16 points, 6 rebounds): 70 – 99