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Zenit Saint Petersburg (15-2) won the great United League (VTB) derby.
Xavi Pascual’s students in motion 74:71 (22:19, 17:10, 20:17, 15:25) beat the CSKA Moscow basketball players (11-5).
Counting together with the Euroleague tournament, for the Red Army, it was the 5th failure in 6 games. With 11 wins and 5 losses, the Moscow team ranks third in the VTB rankings. At the time, Zenit, who had just lost twice, were the first to line up.
The guests were led by Gudaitis, who scored 10 points (4/5 doubles, 2/3 penalties) in 30 minutes, bounced 9 balls, blocked the opponent’s shot 4 times, caused 7 fouls and scored 21 utility points.
Zenit had a 16-point lead 7 minutes before the end of the match (68:52), but the hosts took the lead, holding a 16: 4 thunderbolt and a 69:72 shot from the end after the long shot from Johannes Voigtman.
In the 74th minute, the defensive line of the defense led to a counterattack (74:71), Willas Thomas lost the ball and CSKA had the opportunity to snatch the extra time with 5 seconds remaining, but Darruno Hilliardo’s shot did not reach the goal.
CSKA were not spared from defeat thanks to a powerful performance by Voigtmann. The tallman scored 19 points (4/5 doubles, 3/3 trit., 2/2 penalties) in 25 minutes, bounced 8 balls, blocked the opponent’s shot twice and scored 29 utility points.
Will Clyburn returned to qualifying after an ankle injury. The American who has not played since December 2020 has scored 8 points (2/6 doubles, 0/3 trit., 4/5 penalties) in 18 minutes, bounced and seized 2 balls, made 2 errors, caused 7 fouls and collected 3 utility points.
In this match, the Moscow team performed without the injured Nikola Milutinov and Mike James, who went to the United States.
CSKA: Johannes Voigtmann 19 (8th ed.), Daniel Hackett 14 (5th ed.), Darrun Hilliard (0/6 trit., 5th ed.), Will Clyburn 8.
Zenith: Kevin Pangos 17 (6th ed.), Austin Hollins and Will Thomas (7th grade, 4th grade) after 13, Artūras Gudaitis 10 (9th grade).
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