Eurocup

Regular Season Round 6: VEF Riga - Khimky 79-86

Date: November 19, 2014
There was no surprise when 5th ranked Latvian VEF Riga (1-5) was defeated at home by third ranked Russian Khimky (4-2) 86-79 on Wednesday. VEF Riga trailed by 12 points after 3 quarters before a 25-20 run in the last quarter cut the deficit to 79-86 at the end of the game. Khimky had a 31-17 advantage in offensive rebounds. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when Khimky made 7 blocks. The best player for the winners was American-Montenegrin point guard Tyrese Rice (185-87, college: Boston Coll., agency: Priority Sports) who scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Finnish point guard Petteri Koponen (194-88) chipped in 20 points and 5 rebounds. At the other side the best for losing team was power forward Ronalds Zakis (207-87) who recorded 17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists and point guard Ingus Jakovics (186-93, college: Liepaja-2) added 17 points respectively. Five Khimky and four VEF Riga players scored in double figures. VEF Riga's coach rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help. Khimky moved-up to second place in Group D. Loser VEF Riga keeps the fifth position with five games lost. Khimky will face Un.Olimpija in Ljubljana in the next round. VEF Riga will play on the road against Szolnok in Szolnok.
Top scorers:
Khimky: T.Rice 21+5reb+5ast, P.Koponen 20+5reb+3ast, S.Monya 12+10reb+2ast, M.Popovic 11+2reb+6ast, J.Augustine 10+6reb+4ast, S.Ilnitskiy 8+3reb
VEF Riga: I.Jakovics 17+3reb+2ast, R.Zakis 17+6reb+5ast, G.Robinson 15+5reb+2ast, J.Timma 11+2reb+8ast, A.Berzins 8+1reb, B.Fall 6+1reb+1ast
gschID: 341979

  KHIMKY (coach: Gleb Plotnikov)86
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
5 eaZR, wFQRsR 40 9-7 (99.2%) 6-3 (80%) 3-0 (25%) 5 0 0 0 4 1 6 6 5 3 86 81 5
2 KIpIjRj, ORUURQa 48 3-1 (11.9%) 4-3 (90%) 4-4 (655%) 5 0 0 4 4 3 5 5 5 8 85 83 5
68 bIjFi, ARQDRF 87 4-0 (15%) 8-4 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 4 9 65 8 6 5 8 6 5 3 68 67 5
1 OIpILaZ, biQVI 82 6-8 (05%) 8-0 (35%) 4-3 (90%) 5 8 8 1 3 3 5 6 5 8 66 64 5
0 SuDusUajR, ziBRs 82 0-7 (00.1%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 1 1 3 6 5 6 4 5 8 65 69 5
66 oljaUsVaF, AUijasliL 84 6-8 (05%) 8-4 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 8 6 4 5 3 8 5 5 5 6 2 1 5
69 viuLRQDjR, zIffQRF 66 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 0 0 5 4 8 5 6 5 6 3 9 5
30 AhRlRVRUI, biVsaB 65 5-6 (5%) 5-4 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 5 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 -0 5
9 OiURRL, euslij  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
46 ChaslIL, biVsaB  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
43 AiVhiQIL, biVsaB  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   88-41 (16.6%) 65-88 (30.0%) 68-63 (20.9%) 1 46 49 85 86 62 3 9 5 61 21 659  


  VEF RIGA (coach: Martins Gulbis)79
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
88 eIMajsIj, GRQild 40 1-60 (35%) 5-4 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 6 3 0 8 8 1 3 5 4 8 60 68 5
1 waBBi, zijas 87 3-1 (11.9%) 6-0 (85%) 5-8 (5%) 6 6 8 2 6 8 8 5 5 6 66 60 5
9 ziVILaZs, ojDus 80 6-3 (80%) 3-9 (09.6%) 4-4 (655%) 6 8 4 8 4 4 6 5 6 4 69 64 5
89 ciVas, eIjilds 84 9-68 (02.4%) 5-6 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 0 6 1 0 5 0 5 5 5 5 69 81 5
0 bRnRQas, biQRVs 84 5-6 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 4 0 5
66 AUQRljaRVs, SQUuQs 62 5-8 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 4 8 0 4 0 8 5 5 5 5 8 3 5
63 mRQJajs, SQUuQs 61 6-8 (05%) 8-3 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 2 8 5
4 CIMMs, zusUaj 68 5-0 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 5 -9 5
2 yill, miBMi 65 4-4 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 8 6 6 5 5 5 1 2 5
48 OisRZjaVs, SjJRns 3 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5
69 KuQuZs, eIdaIjs  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   88-06 (34.6%) 2-88 (41.3%) 66-60 (94.4%) 66 69 82 84 62 86 2 5 9 2 97 97  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)