Lokomotiv prevailed over CSKA in Moscow – VTB Recap

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Lokomotiv Kuban shocked CSKA in the VTB League 90-79 thanks to the last quarter. It was a close game from wire to wire with the guests smiling at the end.

The visiting squad was up by five (62-57) before the final ten minutes of the match. They stayed focused until the end as they won the last period 28-22 and closed the game in the right way.

Dmitry Kulagin led Lokomotiv with 17 points and Frank Elegar added 14. Nando De Colo tried to save CSKA with 17 points, but his team was trailing the whole time and they were down by 41-37 after the first half. The “Army team” now stand on a 10-1 record as this was their first loss in the VTB League this season as Lokomotiv moved up to a 9-1.

Earlier today Kalev upset Khimki at home and Unics Kazan beat Enisey.

VTB League – Results

HOME AWAY FT HT Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT
BK ASTANA NIZHNIY NOVGOROD 73-85 38-34 18-17 20-17 10-28 25-23 0-0
VEF RIGA AVTODOR 79-82 39-39 16-23 23-16 20-27 20-16 0-0
UNICS KAZAN ENISEY 91-76 38-34 17-16 21-18 28-21 25-21 0-0
BC TSMOKI MINSK ZENIT SAINT PETERSBURG 81-82 33-37 16-19 17-18 21-22 27-23 0-0
BC KALEV/CRAMO KHIMKI MOSCOW 92-84 57-38 28-24 29-14 16-19 19-27 0-0
CSKA MOSCOW LOKOMOTIV KUBAN 79-90 37-41 18-19 19-22 20-21 22-28 0-0

Standings

# TEAM PTS MP W L POINTS +/-
1 CSKA MOSCOW 21 11 10 1 1007 – 836 171
2 LOKOMOTIV KUBAN 19 10 9 1 855 – 692 163
3 UNICS KAZAN 17 9 8 1 779 – 668 111
4 ZENIT SAINT PETERSBURG 18 10 8 2 855 – 811 44
5 KHIMKI MOSCOW 16 10 6 4 857 – 752 105
6 AVTODOR 14 9 5 4 752 – 795 -43
7 BC TSMOKI MINSK 14 10 4 6 712 – 795 -83
8 NIZHNIY NOVGOROD 12 9 3 6 739 – 767 -28
9 PARMA BASKET PERM 13 10 3 7 786 – 859 -73
10 BC KALEV/CRAMO 14 11 3 8 922 – 994 -72
11 ENISEY 11 9 2 7 702 – 810 -108
12 BK ASTANA 13 11 2 9 796 – 890 -94
13 VEF RIGA 10 9 1 8 686 – 779 -93


Photo credit: VTB

 

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