Russian League, Regular Season, Game 23: March 11-16, 2008 - RUSSIA

May 24, 2013

Russian League, Regular Season, Game 23: March 11-16, 2008

CSKA Moscow held onto the top spot in the Russian League with a 94-71 win over Ural Great on Saturday. Viktor Khryapa scored 23 points and grabbed 7 rebounds to lead the defending champs as they improved to 20-1 – maintaining its one victory lead over second place Khimki, which outclassed Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv 96-74 as Daniel Ewing struck for 16 points. Meanwhile Unics Kazan took a big stop towards the top four spots with an 84-78 overtime win over Triumph Lyubertsy. Viktor Keyru shined with 8 points in overtime to guarantee the win. Unics improved to 13-7, remaining one win behind both Triumph and Dynamo Moscow at 14-6. In other weekend games, Spartak St. Petersburg bested Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv 86-75 as Lewis Sims led the way with 23 points and Spartak Primorje defeated Lokomotiv Rostov 86-71 as Joseph Blair stood tall with 23 points and 10 rebounds.

CSKA Moscow held onto the top spot in the Russian League with a 94-71 win over Ural Great on Saturday. Viktor Khryapa scored 23 points and grabbed 7 rebounds to lead the defending champs as they improved to 20-1. The hosts pulled away early, winning the first period 28-13 en route to an easy win. David Andersen added 17 points, Trajan Langdon and Matjaz Smodis scored 11 each and Nikos Zisis netted 10 for CSKA. Brent Wright posted 16 points and 8 rebounds for Ural Great.

Khimki outclassed Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv 96-74 as Daniel Ewing struck for 16 points. After taking a promising early lead, the hosts let Lokomotiv back into the game and the score stood at 43-37 by halftime. However a 31-12 third quarter erased any doubts as Khimki cruised to a big win. Anton Ponkrashov added 13 points for Khimki, Kelly McCarty posted 12 and Clay Tucker and Nikita Shabalkin had 10 each for the winners. Ilia Aleksandrov scored 13 to lead the visitors.

Unics Kazan took a big stop towards the top four spots with an 84-78 overtime win over Triumph Lyubertsy. Unica led by 4 with a minute remaining in regulation, but Triumph remained focused and Sergey Toporov forced overtime, 67-67. The momentum remained with the visitors as overtime got underway, but Keyru soon turned the tables and helped Kazan to an important win. Keyru and Sergey Chikalkin led Unics with 16 points apiece, Dimitry Sokolov added 14 points and 11 rebounds, Dusko Savanovic scored 13 and Darjus Lavrinovic posted 10 points and 19 boards. Terrell Lyday had 21 points for Triumph, Toprov scored 13 and Mire Chatman and Ognjen Askrabic finished with 12 each.

LAST GAME GAME 23 March 14-17, 2008
Day	Match	Result
Mar. 17	Enisey vs. Rostov	63-76
Mar. 16	Samara vs. Univ.-Ugra	73-69
Mar. 15	CSKA M. vs. Ural-Great	94-71
Mar. 15	UNICS Kazan vs. Triumph	84-78 OT
Mar. 14	Khimky vs. Sibirtelekom	96-74
Mar. 14	Primorje vs. Rostov	86-71

NEXT GAME GAME 24 March 22-23, 2008
Day	Match
Mar. 22	CSKA Moscow vs. Primorje
Mar. 22	Dynamo M. vs. Triumph
Mar. 23	St.Petersburg vs. UNICS
Mar. 23	Samara vs. Khimky
Mar. 23	Univ.-Ugra vs. Ural-Great
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	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	CSKA Moscow	21	20	1	1899	1363
2	Khimky Moscow region	21	19	2	1807	1487
3	Triumph Lyubertsy, Moscow r.	20	14	6	1723	1480
4	Dynamo Moscow	20	14	6	1670	1526
5	UNICS Kazan	20	13	7	1612	1476
6	Ural-Great Perm	21	10	11	1606	1612
7	Lokomotiv-Rostov	21	10	11	1630	1646
8	CSK VVS-Samara	20	9	11	1532	1656
9	Spartak-Primorje Primorskiy r.	19	8	11	1488	1511
10	Universitet-Ugra Surgut	20	6	14	1532	1727
11	Spartak St.Petersburg	20	4	16	1480	1730
12	Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv	23	4	19	1734	2163
13	Enisey Krasnoyarsk	20	2	18	1488	1824