Russian League, Group A1 and A2, Game 1, April 10-12, 2010 - RUSSIA

May 22, 2013

Russian League, Group A1 and A2, Game 1, April 10-12, 2010

The second stage of the Russian League season got underway over the weekend with Khimki Moscow Region handing defending champion CSKA Moscow its first loss of the season 68-73. In a game that came down to the final minute, Khimki’s defense made the difference, forcing a crucial turnover from Trajan Langdon. Ricky Minard led Khimki with 18 points, Vitali Fridzon added 13 and Timofey Mozgov 11 as the team improved to 14-3. CSKA, which got 23 points from Ramunas Siskauskas, also celebrated the return from injury of team captain Matjaz Smodis, who had 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and a block in his first 17 minutes of the season. On Monday, UNICS Kazan stayed ahead of Dynamo Moscow in the battle for third place with an 84-77 win. Kresimir Loncar scored 20 and Marko Popovic 15 to lead UNICS, which is now 10-7. Petr Samoylenko, Terrell Lyday and Igor Zaanskiy added 10 apiece for the winners. Sergei Monya paced Dynamo with 15 points, Alexey Shved had 13, Yuri Vasiliev 12 and Aleksey Savrasenko 11. In other games, Spartak St. Petersburg was a 66-78 road winner against Triumph as James White and Milan Rakovic combined for 45 points and Enisey Krasnoyarsk edged Krasnye Krylya Samara 77-80 as Lionel Chalmers came through with 24 points and Kaspers Kambala added 21 points and 10 rebounds.

LAST GAME GAME 1 April 10-12, 2010
Day	Match	Result
April 11	CSKA Moscow vs. Khimki	68-73
April 12	UNICS vs.Dynamo Moscow	84-77
April 10	Triumph vs. Spartak SPB	66-78
April 11	Krasnye Krylya vs. Enisey	77-80

NEXT GAME GAME 2 April 14-18, 2010
Day	Match
April 17	Dynamo M. vs. CSKA M.
April 18	BC Khimki vs. UNICS
April 14	Lokomotiv K. vs. Triumph
April 15	Spartak SPB vs. Krasnye

	STANDINGS PHASE 2	TG	W	L	P+	P-
A1
1	CSKA (Moscow)	17	15	2	1326	1200
2	Khimki (Moscow region)	17	14	3	1316	1181
3	UNICS (Kazan)	17	10	7	1316	1181
4	Dynamo (Moscow)	17	8	9	1306	1318
A2
5	Lokomotiv-Kuban (Krasnodar)	16	8	8	1143	1157
6	Triumph (Lyubertsy)	17	7	10	1279	1274
7	Enisey (Krasnoyarsk)	17	5	12	1311	1408
8	Krasnye Krylya (Samara)	17	5	12	1194	1297
9	Spartak (St.Petersburg)	17	4	13	1280	1346