May 12, 2008

      SUPERLEAGUE A  - Russia

Russian League Semifinals, Game 2: May 8-10, 2008
 
JR Holden - CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow needed overtime, but found the recipe to beat rival Dynamo Moscow 85-78 on Saturday and take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five Russian league semifinals. The freshly crowned Euroleague champions joined Khimki in winning the first two games of their respective series at home. J.R. Holden played over 40 minutes, scored 19 points and dished 7 assists to lead CSKA in a game that was close from start to finish. Trajan Langdon added 17 points, Matjaz Smodis posted 15 points and 9 rebounds and David Andersen and Ramunas Siskauskas netted 11 apiece for the winners. Travis Hansen made 5 triples en route to 19 points for Dynamo, Antonis Fotsis added 15 and Sergey Monya had 14 for Dynamo, which was hurt by committing 16 turnovers – twice as many as CSKA. On Thursday, Khimki bested Ural Great 99-90. Maciej Lampe recorded 29 points and 9 rebounds for the winners, who took control of the game with a 33-19 third quarter. Daniel Ewing added 21 points, Kelly McCarty scored 18 and Vitaly Fridzon had 12. Ralph Biggs paced Ural Great with 27 points, Aleksei Zozulin had 20, Vanja Plisnic 13, Andrew Wisniewski 12 and Brent Wright 11. MORE

Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games
Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
2 CSKA Moscow (1) 74 85 May 13 *May 14 *May 16
0 Dynamo Moscow (5) 59 78 - - -
2 Khimki (2) 101 99 71 May 12 *May 14
1 Ural Great (6) 78 90 87 - -

Quarterfinal Playoffs, best of 3 games
Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
2 CSKA Moscow (1) 72 97 x
0 Spartak-Primorje (8) 66 73 x
1 Triumph Lyubertsy (4) 72 75 66
2 Dynamo Moscow (5) 59 82 84
2 Khimki (2) 92 83 x
0 Lokomotiv-Rostov (7) 74 68 x
1 Unics Kazan (3) 78 80 62
2 Ural Great (6) 81 71 71

Semifinal games
Game 1 CSKA Moscow vs. Dynamo Moscow 74-59 May 9
Game 1 Khimki vs. Ural Great 101-78 May 7
Game 2 CSKA Moscow vs. Dynamo Moscow 85-78 May 10
Game 2 Khimki vs. Ural Great 99-90 May 8
Game 3 Dynamo Moscow vs. CSKA Moscow - May 13
Game 3 Ural Great vs. Khimki 87-71 May 11
Game 4 Dynamo Moscow vs. CSKA Moscow - *May 14
Game 4 Ural Great vs. Khimki - May 12
Game 5 CSKA Moscow vs. Dynamo Moscow - *May 16
Game 5 Khimki vs. Ural Great - *May 14

Quarterfinal games
Game 1 CSKA Moscow vs. Spartak Primorje 72-66 April 21
Game 1 Khimki vs. Lotomotiv-Rostov 92-74 April 22
Game 1 Unics Kazan vs. Ural Great 78-81 April 22
Game 1 Triumph vs. Dynamo Moscow 72-59 April 25
Game 2 Spartak Primorje vs. Dynamo Moscow 73-97 April 25
Game 2 Lotomotiv-Rostov vs. Khimki 68-83 April 25
Game 2 Ural Great vs. Unics Kazan 71-80 April 25
Game 2 Dynamo Moscow vs. Triumph 82-75 April 28
Game 3 Unics Kazan vs. Ural Great 62-71 April 27
Game 3 Triumph vs. Dynamo Moscow 66-84 May 2 

LAST GAME GAME 27-28
April 8-16, 2008
Day Match Result
Apr. 8 Enisey vs. VVS-Samara 93-87
Apr. 9 St.Petersburg vs. Ural-G. 86-84
Apr. 15 Khimky vs. Univ.-Ugra 101-67
Apr. 15 Triumph vs. Enisey 104-74
Apr. 15 St.Petersburg vs. CSKA M. 72-97
Apr. 15 Ural-Great vs. Rostov 91-80
Apr. 16 Primorje vs. Unics Kazan 65-66

NEXT GAME
Quarterfinal Playoffs

Match
  CSKA M. (1) - Primorje (8)
  Khimki (2) - Rostov (7)
  Unics Kazan (3) - Ural Great (6)
  Triumph (4) - Dynamo M. (5)
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STANDINGS TG W L P+ P-
1 CSKA Moscow 24 23 1 2174 1577
2 Khimky Moscow region 24 22 2 2092 1698
3 UNICS Kazan 24 17 7 1962 1752
4 Triumph Lyubertsy, Moscow r. 24 16 8 2049 1794
5 Dynamo Moscow 24 15 9 1992 1834
6 Ural-Great Perm 24 12 12 1885 1880
7 Lokomotiv-Rostov 24 12 12 1881 1881
8 Spartak-Primorje Primorskiy r. 24 11 13 1880 1905
9 CSK VVS-Samara 24 10 14 1855 2018
10 Universitet-Ugra Surgut 24 6 18 1870 2121
11 Spartak St.Petersburg 24 5 19 1785 2088
12 Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv 24 4 20 1815 2269
13 Enisey Krasnoyarsk 24 3 21 1770 2193

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