Ken Brown puts VEF Riga on playoff track – VTB Recap

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Ken Brown posted a double-double of 19 points and 10 assists leading VEF Riga to an 89 – 77 victory over Astana in the conclusion of this week’s games in VTB League.

It was a key win for the Latvian team since they are now eighth in the standings and a favorite to win the postseason race. They will punch a playoff ticket with a win over Tsmoki Minsk in the next round.

Astana needed more than Justin Carter’s all-around efforts (20 points, seven assists, six rebounds) and Malcolm Grant (19 points). The Kazakh squad is 11th with 7 – 16 record.

In the other games held this week in VTB, Stephane Lasme’s grand overtime performance helped Unics Kazan outlast Nizhny Novgorod in overtime. Meanwhile, in Perm Codi Miller-McIntyre notched his second (!) triple-double of the season, a major feat considering how rare triple-doubles are in European basketball.

VTB League Results:

HOME AWAY FT HT Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT
ENISEY ZENIT SAINT PETERSBURG 84-104 53-56 22-29 31-27 17-21 14-27 0-0
VEF RIGA LOKOMOTIV KUBAN 69-71 42-36 22-19 20-17 15-20 12-15 0-0
ENISEY BC TSMOKI MINSK 91-80 41-33 22-12 19-21 20-23 30-24 0-0
PARMA BASKET PERM AVTODOR 86-86 47-50 29-30 18-20 22-15 17-21 8-10
UNICS KAZAN NIZHNIY NOVGOROD 84-84 39-51 22-22 17-29 24-15 21-18 15-9
VEF RIGA BK ASTANA 89-77 47-32 20-15 27-17 21-22 21-23 0-0

VTB League Standings:

#
TEAM
PTS
MP
W
L
POINTS
+/-
1
CSKA MOSCOW
42
22
20
2
2057 – 1734
323
2
UNICS KAZAN
42
22
20
2
1887 – 1666
221
3
ZENIT SAINT PETERSBURG
36
21
15
6
1804 – 1777
27
4
LOKOMOTIV KUBAN
36
21
15
6
1754 – 1523
231
5
KHIMKI MOSCOW
33
21
12
9
1774 – 1664
110
6
AVTODOR
33
21
12
9
1829 – 1853
-24
7
NIZHNIY NOVGOROD
30
22
8
14
1870 – 1926
-56
8
VEF RIGA
31
23
8
15
1787 – 1896
-109
9
PARMA BASKET PERM
29
22
7
15
1794 – 1887
-93
10
BC TSMOKI MINSK
29
22
7
15
1632 – 1822
-190
11
BK ASTANA
30
23
7
16
1761 – 1840
-79
12
ENISEY
28
22
6
16
1751 – 1946
-195
13
BC KALEV/CRAMO
30
24
6
18
2030 – 2196
-166
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