VEF Riga triumphs over Khimki Moscow on the road

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

VEF Riga delivered one of the greatest upsets this season in VTB League by defeating powerhouse Khimki Moscow 77 – 73 away from home after a major comeback in the fourth quarter.

This was quite the stunning win, even moreso considering that Khimki was up 14  (!), 59 – 45 in the beginning of the final period after a basket by Anthony Gill. But Riga proceeded to score a phenomenal number of 32 points in nine minutes to take a mighty victory back to Latvia.

Ken Brown scored a game-high 22 points (5/6 3-pointers) and grabbed 5 rebounds and Kristaps Janicenocks added 21 plus 4 assists for the winning squad. Tyler Honeycutt had 15 points plus 5 rebounds for Khimki while Alexey Shved finished with 12 points (5/17 from the field) and a game-high 9 assists.

In the other VTB League game played today, Unics Kazan put on an excellent defensive effort to beat Kalev Tallinn 75 – 67 on the road and remain at the top of the standings.

Jamar Smith had 15 points and Stephane Lasme a double/double of 11 points/10 rebounds for Unics. Isaiah Briscoe (25 points) was the only Tallinn player in double figures.

VTB League Results:

HOME

AWAY

CURRENT SCORE

FT

HT

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

BK ASTANA

ZENIT SAINT PETERSBURG

87-64

87-64

44-42

23-21

21-21

21-12

22-10

BC TSMOKI MINSK

CSKA MOSCOW

83-93

83-93

37-50

18-32

19-18

16-22

30-21

KHIMKI MOSCOW

VEF RIGA

73-77

73-77

38-29

17-15

21-14

20-16

15-32

BC KALEV/CRAMO

UNICS KAZAN

67-75

67-75

32-35

16-23

16-12

20-22

15-18

VTB League Standings:

#
TEAM
PTS
MP
W
L
POINTS
+/-
1
UNICS KAZAN
27
14
13
1
1197 – 1025
172
2
CSKA MOSCOW
28
15
13
2
1370 – 1157
213
3
LOKOMOTIV KUBAN
26
14
12
2
1208 – 974
234
4
ZENIT SAINT PETERSBURG
25
14
11
3
1197 – 1164
33
5
AVTODOR
20
13
7
6
1094 – 1146
-52
6
KHIMKI MOSCOW
21
14
7
7
1167 – 1087
80
7
PARMA BASKET PERM
17
13
4
9
1037 – 1124
-87
8
BC TSMOKI MINSK
18
14
4
10
1001 – 1145
-144
9
BK ASTANA
18
14
4
10
1036 – 1099
-63
10
VEF RIGA
18
14
4
10
1042 – 1138
-96
11
BC KALEV/CRAMO
18
14
4
10
1142 – 1252
-110
12
NIZHNIY NOVGOROD
15
12
3
9
997 – 1047
-50
13
ENISEY
16
13
3
10
995 – 1125
-130
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