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Chimki’s team, looking good this season, was only eighth in the championship before this match and lost in the Euroleague nine times in a row, but in Krasnodar, the deaf troops achieved a sweet victory.
Even the fantastically performed M. Kalnietis didn’t save “Loko.” He scored 18 points (3/6 doubles, 3/5 trit., 3/5 penalty) in 34 minutes, scored up to 14 assists, bounced 4 and took 1 ball, fouled and doubled.
Kaunas missed an “assistant” before the season’s pass record: In the European Cup game against the Telenet Giants in Antwerp, he distributed up to 15 passes.
Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Mantas Kalnietis
Another Lithuanian Mindaugas Kuzminskas from Lokomotiv did not register for the second game in a row.
The match in Krasnodar was also marked by an impressive points race between Chimki’s coach, Alexei Švedas, and Lokomotiv leader Jordan Crawford.
A.Švedas scored a total of 30 points (6/11 doubles, 5/13 trit., 3/4 penalty) and made 12 assists, and his opponent scored up to 34 points (7/10 doubles, 5/9 trit. , 5/6 baud).
Chimki, who won the VTB United League season for only the fifth time this season, will start the second round of the Euroleague on Friday in Kaunas against Žalgiris, who won the first mutual match in Russia 84:70.
Lokomotiv: Jordan Crawford 34 (7/10 dvit., 5/9 trit.), Mantas Kalnietis 18 (14 res.), Kevin Hervey 13, Reggie Lynch 12.
“Chimki”: Alexei Swede 30 (6/11 double, 5/13 trit., 12 res.), Devin Booker 21 (8th rev.), Yegor Vialtsev 16 (4/5 trit.), Jordan Mickey 13 (8 rev. Reg.) , Sergei Karasiov 11.
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