Russian League, Game 4: October 24-29, 2006
Travis Hansen Dynamo Moscow Only four Russian League games took place this week, as CSKA Moscow keeps leading the standings with a 4-0 record despite not playing this week. Unics Kazan had less troubles than expected to beat University Surgut 87-66 and improve to 3-0 in the standings. Sergei Chikalkin led the winners with 21 points on 9-for-13 shooting. Ksystof Lavrinovic added 16 points and 10 rebounds, his twin brother Darjus also posted a double-double of 14 points and 13 rebounds, Yahor Meshcharakou also had 14 points and Saulius Stombergas chipped in 12 in an easy home win for Unics, which led 23-10 after 10 minutes and never looked back. Meanwhile, BC Khimki topped Lokomotiv-Rostov 79-64 on Tuesday to improve to 3-1 in the standings. Ruben Wolkowyski led the way with 22 points, Melvin Booker added 12, Vladimir Veremeenko had 11 and Vitaliy Fridzon 10 for Khimki, which trailed 41-42 midway through the third quarter. Wolkowyski exploded with 12 quick points and allowed Khimki to seal the win long before the final buzzer. Dynamo Moscow also improved to 3-1 by topping Samara 86-79 at home. Travis Hansen had 17 points for Dynamo, Lazaros Papadopoulos added 14 and Sergey Monya 12. Dynamo led 79-62 with 5 minutes to go and Samara only rallied in the final period. In the other game, Ural Great needed overtime to edge Spartak 80-84 in St. Petersburg on Saturday. Sam Hoskin led the way with 28 points and 10 rebounds.


LAST GAME GAME 4 - October 24-29, 2006
DayMatchResult
Oct. 24Dynamo Moscow vs. CSK VVS-Samara86-79
Oct. 24Khimky vs. Lokomotiv-Rostov79-64
Oct. 24UNICS Kazan vs. University-Ugra87-66
Oct. 29Spartak St.Petersburg vs. Ural-Great80-84 OT
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NEXT GAME GAME 5 - November 1-5, 2006
DayMatch
Nov. 1Standart vs. Dinamo Moscow reg.
Nov. 2Spartak St.Petersburg vs. UNICS Kazan
Nov. 2Lokomotiv-Rostov vs. University-Ugra
Nov. 3CSK VVS-Samara vs. Dinamo Moscow reg.
Nov. 4CSKA Moscow vs. Ural-Great Perm
Nov. 5Standart vs. Dynamo Moscow


STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1CSKA (Moscow) 440328 272
2UNICS (Kazan) 330248 189
3Khimky (Moscow region) 431334 301
4Dynamo (Moscow) 431314 285
5Ural-Great (Perm) 321245 225
6Spartak VGUES (Primorie) 321227 228
7Lokomotiv-Rostov (Rostov-na-Donu) 422301 293
8Spartak (St.Petersburg) 312227 237
9Dinamo (Moscow reg.) 312211 239
10CSK VVS-Samara (Samara) 413281 306
11University-Ugra (Surgut) 514375 426
12Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv (Novosibirsk) 303220 245
13Standart (Samarskiy region) 303216 281

Sunday, October 29, 2006
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