Basketball
CSKA – Zenit 79-78: Casper Wear judged the derby with 2/2 shots in 14”
Casper Wear very quickly made the difference for CSKA Moscow after his 2/2 shots in 14” finally gave the “Bear” victory over Zenit (79-78) in the VTB league derby.
Zenit competed in the derby with CSKA Moscow with the five foreign players who had returned to Russia in the past few days, but Dimitris Itoudis’ team was the one to celebrate victory (79-78) in the VTB league derby.
The protagonist was Casper Ware, the 32-year-old security guard who was added to the “Bears” squad a few days ago to fill one of the many gaps in the region. The former Enisey player made the score with 2/2 shots in 14” for the end and finished the match with 14 points (with 4/5 two points, 0/5 three points and 6/7 shots). The winner’s first scorer was Alexei Svend (25 points with 9/13 two points, 2/9 three points 1/3 shots), who also had 10 rebounds and 8 assists in 36’51” attendance.
For Zenit, Jordan Lloyd finished the match with 20 points (with 2/5 two points, 3/6 three points and 7/7 shots), while Dmitry Kulagin had 17 points with 5/10 shots and 7/7 shots.
THE TEN MINUTES: 19-12, 37-37, 57-61, 79-78.
CSKA MOSCOW: War 14 (0/5 3-pointers), Homenko, Uhoff 3 (0/3 shots, 3/4 shots), Ylev 2, Antonov 17 (5/10 3-pointers), Gafurov, Lopatin, Milutinov 9 (10 rebounds, 3 assists) ), Kurbanov 9 (1 three points, 8 rebounds), Svend 25 (9/13 two points, 2/9 three points, 1/3 shots, 10 rebounds, 8 assists).
ZENIT: Lloyd 20 (3/6 3 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists), Sakharov 7 (1), Karachev, Kulagin 17 (0/4 3 points), Baron 8 (2), Carver, Zumbkov 2, Poithres 14 (7/11 Biponta), Ponitka 7 (1), Monia 3 (1).
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