Russian League, Game 22: March 5-11, 2007
Matjaz Smodis - CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow had to battle harder than expected to beat Spartak St. Petersburg 66-73 on the road on Saturday and stay atop the Russian League standings with a 17-2 record. Matjaz Smodis and David Andersen each had 15 points for CSKA, that led 35-36 at halftime. CSKA improved its defense in the second half, allowing 2 points in 6 minutes. Meanwhile, Smodis had 5 points in a 2-21 run in which 7 CSKA players scored to break the game open, 45-65, after three quarters. Spartak rallied in the final period and got within 63-68 with a minutes to go, but a three-pointer by J.R. Holden and free throws by Trajan Langdon sealed the win. Meanwhile, Dynamo Moscow ties for the third place with a 15-4 record by topping CSK VVS-Samara 76-86 on the road on Sunday. Yuri Vasilyev and Dmitry Domani led the winners each with 13 points. Eddie Gill and Antonis Fotsis added 12 apiece while Bojan Popovic had 10 for Dynamo, that trailed 46-43 at halftime. Fotsis, Popovic and Vasilyev allowed Dynamo to get a 61-70 lead after 30 minutes. A three-point play by Domani made it a 16-point game, 61-77, and Samara never recovered. In other games, Sibirtelekom edged Standart 94-88 on Sunday, Spartak Vgues also downed Standart 97-71 on Thursday while Spartak St. Petersburg beat Samara 69-83 on Monday behind 25 points and 13 rebounds from Boniface Ndong.


LAST GAME GAME 22 - March 5-11, 2007
DayMatchResult
Mar. 11CSK VVS-Samara vs. Dynamo Moscow76-86
Mar. 11Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv vs. Standart94-88
Mar. 10Spartak St.Petersburg vs. CSKA Moscow66-73
Mar. 8Spartak VGUES vs. Standart97-71
Mar. 5CSK VVS-Samara vs. Spartak69-83
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NEXT GAME GAME 23 - March 16-18, 2007
DayMatch
Mar. 16Khimky vs. University-Ugra
Mar. 17CSKA Moscow vs. CSK VVS-Samara
Mar. 18UNICS Kazan vs. Ural-Great Perm
Mar. 18Dynamo Moscow vs. Dinamo Moscow reg.
Mar. 18Lokomotiv-Rostov vs. Standart
Mar. 18Spartak St.Petersburg vs. Sibirtelekom


STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1CSKA Moscow191721710 1311
2UNICS Kazan171431435 1282
3Khimky Moscow region191541667 1424
4Dynamo Moscow191541576 1355
5Lokomotiv-Rostov181261472 1305
6Dinamo Moscow reg.181081385 1354
7Spartak VGUES209111559 1632
8Spartak St.Petersburg198111417 1437
9University-Ugra Surgut207131547 1628
10Ural-Great Perm196131495 1576
11CSK VVS-Samara196131427 1540
12Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv204161375 1805
13Standart Samarskiy region211201468 1884

Sunday, March 11, 2007
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