May 24, 2012
Russian League, Game 25: Mar. 26 - Apr. 1, 2007
Kelly McCarty - Khimki Lokomotiv Rostov provided one of the biggest surprises in the Russian League this season by downing mighty CSKA Moscow 82-77 on the road on Thursday. Rostov improved to 15-6 while CSKA is still first at 19-3. Kresimir Loncar led the winners with 22 points on 11-of-15 two-pointers. Trajan Langdon had 14 points for CSKA, Matjaz Smodis and Aleksey Savrasenko each added 13 while Theodoros Papaloukas tallied 10 for the guests. Savrasenko gave CSKA its last lead, 66-68, with 5 minutes to go. Lokomotiv used an 11-2 run that Asim Pars capped with a basket that gave Rostov a 77-70 lead. CSKA got within 79-75 with a minute to go, but Vangelis Sklavos nailed a triple to seal the outcome. Unics stayed second at 17-3 by downing Dynamo Moscow 75-61 in Kazan on Saturday. Darjus Lavrinovic paced the winners with 24 points and his twin brother Ksystof added 13. Antonis Fotsis had 15 points for Dynamo while Lazaros Papadopoulos added 10. The Lavrinovic twins combined for 22 points in the first half, as Unics got a 39-22 margin at the break and never looked back. It was a productive week for Khimki, that got consecutive wins to improve to 18-4 in the standings. Khimki beat Dynamo Moscow 74-79 on the road on Monday. Vladimir Veremeenko led Khimki with 18 points. Kelly McCarty added 16, Maciej Lampe had 14, Vitaliy Fridzon 12 and Melvin Booker 10 for the winners. Papadopoulos had 22 points for Dynamo, Eddie Gill added 16, Dimitry Domani 12 and Fotsis 11. Veremeenko and Booker stepped up in the final 2 minutes to make Khimki keep a safe lead until the final buzzer. Khimki had less troubles to down Spartak 64-81 in St. Petersburg on Saturday. Lampe had 15 points for Khimki, McCarty had 14 while Booker and Ruben Wolkowyski each scored 11 in an easy road win for their team. In other games, Samara edged Standart 91-98 while Dynamo Moscow Region thrashed Sibirtelekom 72-98 behind 24 points from Nikolai Padius.


LAST GAME GAME 25 - March 26 - April 1, 2007
DayMatchResult
Apr. 1Standart vs. CSK VVS-Samara91-98
Mar. 30UNICS Kazan vs. Dynamo Moscow75-61
Mar. 30Spartak St.Petersburg vs. Khimky64-81
Mar. 29Lokomotiv-Rostov vs. CSKA Moscow82-77
Mar. 27Sibirtelekom vs. Dinamo Moscow reg.72-98
Mar. 26Dynamo Moscow vs. Khimky74-79
NEXT GAME GAME 26 - April 2-8, 2007
DayMatch
Apr. 2Dinamo Moscow reg. vs. UNICS Kazan
Apr. 4Khimky Moscow reg. vs. Ural-Great Perm
Apr. 5Spartak VGUES vs. UNICS Kazan
Apr. 6Spartak St.Petersburg vs. Lokomotiv
Apr. 7Dinamo Moscow reg. vs. CSK VVS-Samara
Apr. 7Sibirtelekom vs. UNICS Kazan


STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1CSKA Moscow221931958 1534
2UNICS Kazan201731693 1491
3Khimky Moscow region221841948 1630
4Dynamo Moscow 221661775 1567
5Lokomotiv-Rostov211561741 1542
6Dinamo Moscow reg.2111101603 1554
7Spartak VGUES2110111623 1694
8Spartak St.Petersburg219121592 1601
9University-Ugra Surgut227151700 1842
10CSK VVS-Samara227151672 1817
11Ural-Great Perm216151637 1744
12Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv224181622 2014
13Standart Samarskiy region231221634 2168

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