A Superleague Round: 9 (Regular Season) - Feb 8, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
Spartak SP - CSKA 82-96
CSKA overcame Spartak Saint Petersburg away from home behind 25 points from Ramunas Siskauskas (197-G-78). Zoran Planinic accounted for 17 points in the victory. Yegor Meshcharakou replied with 18 points, 7 assists and 4 steals for Spartak as they suffered the tenth loss.
Triumph - Krasnie Krilya 70-72
Ernest Bremer (196-G-80, agency: Higher Vision Sports, college: St [read more]
Spartak SP - CSKA 82-96 CSKA overcame Spartak Saint Petersburg away from home behind 25 points from Ramunas Siskauskas (197-G-78). Zoran Planinic accounted for 17 points in the victory. Yegor Meshcharakou replied with 18 points, 7 assists and 4 steals for Spartak as they suffered the tenth loss.
Triumph - Krasnie Krilya 70-72 Ernest Bremer (196-G-80, agency: Higher Vision Sports, college: St.Bonaventure) scored 25 points and issued 8 assists to propel Krasnie Krilya past Triumph on the road. Ralph Biggs added 13 points in the fourth win for the Samara outfit. Triumph slipped at 5-6 record despite 15 points from Brion Rush.
Khimky - Dynamo M. 94-76 Khimky cruised past Dynamo Moscow for the ninth win in the season. Vitaly Fridzon (195-G-85) scored 23 points to lead the charge. Kelly McCarty added 20 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds for the winners. Sergey Bykov responded with 23 points for Dynamo as they fell at 5-7 record.
Lokomotiv K. - Unics 74-71 Lokomotiv Kuban recorded the third win in the championship as they prevailed against Unics. James Gist (203-F-86) delivered 17 points and 6 boards for the winners. Andre Owens netted 16 points for the home team. Marko Popovic responded with 24 points, 6 assists and 4 boards in the loss.
CSKA beats Zalgiris in Kaunas thanks to great second half - Feb 4, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
Zalgiris - CSKA 68-83
CSKA jumped to 2-0 in Top 16 phase (Group G). The Russian powerhouse cruised past Zalgiris in Kaunas making a huge step forward to Euroleague Quarterfinals. At the same time, the Greens dropped to 0-2. Trajan Langdon (192-G-76, college: Duke) top-scored in victory with 17 points, Viktor Khryapa (204-F/G-82) (6 rebs) and Zoran Planinic (199-G-82) had 16 pts each, while J.R. Holden (185-G-76, college: Bucknell) this time helped with 11 pts [read more]
Zalgiris - CSKA 68-83
CSKA jumped to 2-0 in Top 16 phase (Group G). The Russian powerhouse cruised past Zalgiris in Kaunas making a huge step forward to Euroleague Quarterfinals. At the same time, the Greens dropped to 0-2. Trajan Langdon (192-G-76, college: Duke) top-scored in victory with 17 points, Viktor Khryapa (204-F/G-82) (6 rebs) and Zoran Planinic (199-G-82) had 16 pts each, while J.R. Holden (185-G-76, college: Bucknell) this time helped with 11 pts. The hosts got 12 points from Tadas Klimavicius (204-F-82, agency: Interperformances). Aleksandar Capin (186-G-82, agency: Beo Basket) and Dainius Salenga (197-F-77) had 10 points apiece. Everything started great for Zalgiris, who created 26-17 lead in the first quarter. Nothing has changed after that as the Lithuanians still controlled rhythm of the game. At the halfway of the second period Tadas Klimavicius and his teammates jumped to impressive 42-27 lead and the crowd in Kaunas arena exploded. However, the experienced Russian team had an answer for that, and they made 3-8 run for rest of the way in the first half. Thus, after 20 minutes of play it still was 45-35 for the hosts. In just few minutes of third period CSKA cut the margin to 51-48. Soon after that, Vorontsevich gave CSKA its first lead from the line as quiet fell over the arena. CSKA was 53-57 up, before Marcus Brown drained a long range triple for Zalgiris to close this period. Visitors opened the last quarter with crucial 2-14 run. Siskauskas, Viktor Khryapa and Trajan Langdon shined at that time. Zalgiris tried to mount a comeback, but Trajan Langdon stopped them with another triple and CSKA celebrated second victory in Top 16.
Olympiakos outplays Khimky for 2-0 in Group H - Feb 4, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
Olympiakos - Khimky 87-69
Olympiakos managed to grab the second consecutive victory in Top 16. The Reds outplayed Khimky for 2-0 in Group H. Yotam Halperin (196-G-84, agency: Arik Krayn Services) shined for the hosts with 15, while Sofoklis Schortsanitis (206-C-85) nailed one point less than him. Linas Kleiza (203-F-85, college: Missouri) followed with 12 points and 7 rebounds [read more]
Olympiakos - Khimky 87-69
Olympiakos managed to grab the second consecutive victory in Top 16. The Reds outplayed Khimky for 2-0 in Group H. Yotam Halperin (196-G-84, agency: Arik Krayn Services) shined for the hosts with 15, while Sofoklis Schortsanitis (206-C-85) nailed one point less than him. Linas Kleiza (203-F-85, college: Missouri) followed with 12 points and 7 rebounds. In Khimky (1-1), Keith Langford (193-G/F-83, college: Kansas) and Kelly McCarty (201-F-75, agency: Avi Zilberman, college: S.Mississippi) had 18 and 15 points respectively. After 10 minutes of play, it was already clear that Olympiakos is going to take this one. The Reds opened this matchup with 4-0 and later jumped to 15-4 lead. That was not all, despite visitors finally woke up. Theo Papaloukas closed the first period with a basket and Oympiakos was excellent 22-10 up. The Russians improved after that. They got few important baskets from Javtokas, Jankunas and Mozgov closing the gap to 29-25. Olympiakos answered with mini 5-2 run and later, thanks to trio Sofoklis Schortsanitis - Yotam Halperin - Scoonie Penn, grabbed back double-digit lead (38-28, HT). At the halfway of third period Khimky again threatened coming to 44-40, but Olympiakos replied through Sofoklis Schortsanitis and Linas Kleiza. It was 58-52 for the hosts and just 3 second left in the period when Milos Teodosic made a basket-plus-foul, pushing his team up to 61-52. When Olympiakos reached 68-54 at the beginning of the last quarter, it was clear that Khimky is done. The hosts jumped to 78-59 in the finish celebrating second straight victory in Top 16.
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