Guard Pavel Aleksandrov (196-G-89) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Sojuz Zaretchny, receiving a Eurobasket.com Superleague Player of the Week award for round 28. The 22-year old player was the main contributor (30 points, six rebounds and three assists) to his team's victory, helping them to beat TEMP-SUMZ (#3, 14-9) 102-97. Sojuz Zaretchny maintains the 9th position in Russian Superleague. Too late to salvage the team, which is currently ranked at the very bottom. They already lost 16 games and recorded just five victories. In the team's last game Aleksandrov had a remarkable four three-pointers out of 6 attempts. It's his second year at Sojuz Zaretchny and it's hard to imagine this team without him. Pavel Aleksandrov has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (8th best: 11.9ppg) and assists (5th best: 3.7apg).
The second best player in last round's games was 26-year old Aleksei Vzdykhalkin (190-G-85, agency: Interperformances) of Rjazan. Vzdykhalkin had a very good evening with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Bad luck as Rjazan was edged by the higher-ranked Ural Ekaterinb. (#1, 21-4) 78-75. Rjazan managed to keep the same 6th spot in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 10-11 record. Vzdykhalkin is a newcomer at Rjazan, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 12.9ppg (#7). He also registered 5.1 boards per game.
Third on the list of top players last round was guard Anton Ageev (192-G-84) of Ruskon-Mord. (#7). Ageev scored 22 points. Despite Ageev's great performance Ruskon-Mord. lost 71-88 to the higher-ranked Univ.Surgut (#4, 13-10). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. Ruskon-Mord. can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 6-15 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Too bad for Ageev he does not play for a better team. But maybe if he did, his season stats would not be that high. Ageev has individually a great season in Russia. After 21 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 15.5ppg (2nd best).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Linas Lekavicius (186-G-84) of Univ.Surgut - 20 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists 5. Aleksey Kirjanov (206-F-81) of TEMP-SUMZ - 29 points and 6 rebounds 6. Semen Shashkov (205-F-89) of Ural Ekaterinb. - 21 points and 4 rebounds 7. Vladimir Dyachok (204-F-80) of Univ.Surgut - 13 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists 8. Andrei Babitchev (210-F/C-85) of Spartak V. - 12 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists 9. Alexei Kuznetsov (203-F/C-84) of Ruskon-Mord. - 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists 10. Andrei Vokhmianine (184-PG-81) of TEMP-SUMZ - 16 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
The Player of the week is choosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc. The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy. The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3*(REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4*(2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3*(2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3*(3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)
Surgut advanced to Superleague Finals - May 18, 2013
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Univ.Surgut - Avtodor 76-66 (3-2)
Surgut advanced to Superleague Finals after a 3-2 win the series against Avtodor. The game was mostly controlled by Universitet-Yugra. Avtodor managed to win second period 21-20. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. Guard Anton Ageev (192-84) stepped up and scored 21 points and 8 rebounds for the winners and Azerbaijani center Aleksandr Rindin (225-85, agency: Interperformances) chipped in 17 points and 8 rebounds [read more]
Surgut advanced to Superleague Finals after a 3-2 win the series against Avtodor. The game was mostly controlled by Universitet-Yugra. Avtodor managed to win second period 21-20. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. Guard Anton Ageev (192-84) stepped up and scored 21 points and 8 rebounds for the winners and Azerbaijani center Aleksandr Rindin (225-85, agency: Interperformances) chipped in 17 points and 8 rebounds. Four Universitet-Yugra players scored in double figures. Center Artem Klimenko (214-94) responded with 14 points and 9 rebounds and American-Ukrainian guard Steven Burtt (185-84, college: Iona, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) scored 14 points and 6 assists. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Top scorers: Univ.Surgut: A.Ageev 21+8reb+1ast, A.Rindin 17+8reb+1ast, D.Hloponin 13+2reb+5ast, L.Lekavicius 11+7reb+6ast, G.Zelenskiy 8+4reb+1ast, A.Savenkov 2+3reb Avtodor: A.Klimenko 14+9reb+1ast, S.Burtt 14+2reb+6ast, S.Toropov 12+3reb, H.Rollins 8+5reb, I.Strebkov 5+6reb+4ast, A.Pushkin 5+1reb
VTB League: CSKA edged Krasnie Krilya in Game 2 - May 17, 2013
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CSKA-Krasnie Krilya 87:78
CSKA edged Krasnie Krilya in Game 2 and stepped closer to the Semifinals of the VTB league. The Russian Champion posted a 87:78 win before heading to Samara.
It was not the easy game for CSKA as it was last night in Game 1. CSKA started with 29-21 lead in the first period and added 19-17 in the second frame for 10-point lead at the halftime. The hosts also won the third quarter 16-10 and did not mind the narrow loss in the last period [read more]
CSKA-Krasnie Krilya 87:78
CSKA edged Krasnie Krilya in Game 2 and stepped closer to the Semifinals of the VTB league. The Russian Champion posted a 87:78 win before heading to Samara. It was not the easy game for CSKA as it was last night in Game 1. CSKA started with 29-21 lead in the first period and added 19-17 in the second frame for 10-point lead at the halftime. The hosts also won the third quarter 16-10 and did not mind the narrow loss in the last period. Krasnie Krilya produced a 30-23 burst to reduce to final 9 points. Viktor Khryapa (203-F-82) top-scored for the winners with 16 points and Sonny Weems (198-G/F-86, college: Arkansas) added 13. Sasha Kaun (211-C-85) delivered 12, while Andrey Vorontsevich (207-C-87) scored 11. Chester Simmons (196-G-82, college: Washington) ended up with 23 points in the losing effort and Aaron Miles (186-PG-83, college: Kansas) brought 13. Omar Thomas (196-F-82, college: UTEP) 12, Evgeny Kolesnikov 8
VTB League: Khimki celebrated the second straight win - May 17, 2013
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Khimki-VEF Riga 104:82
Khimki celebrated the second straight win at the VTB League Quarterfinals. The Winner of Group A improved to 2-0 lead in the series after a 104:82 win in Game 2.
Both teams scored 27 points each in the first period as VEF Riga looked better in comparison with the first game. Khimki however pushed the tempo in the second quarter and after 30-20 surge took 10-point halftime advantage. Moreover the second half also belonged to the home side [read more]
Khimki-VEF Riga 104:82
Khimki celebrated the second straight win at the VTB League Quarterfinals. The Winner of Group A improved to 2-0 lead in the series after a 104:82 win in Game 2. Both teams scored 27 points each in the first period as VEF Riga looked better in comparison with the first game. Khimki however pushed the tempo in the second quarter and after 30-20 surge took 10-point halftime advantage. Moreover the second half also belonged to the home side. The Russian team posted a 21-19 rally in the third quarter and finished the game with 26-16 surge at the end. Vitaliy Fridzon (195-G-85, agency: Alti Sport) top-scored for the winners with 15 points and K.C. Rivers (196-G-87, college: Clemson) as well as Zoran Planinic (198-G-82, agency: XL Basketball Agency) added 14 each. Petteri Koponen (194-PG-88) followed them with 12 points in a win. Earl Rowland (188-G-83, college: St.Mary's, CA) posted 20 points in the losing effort and Donatas Zavackas (203-F-80, college: Pittsburgh) scored 19.
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