Russia (bbabo.net), - In the Superleague 1 tournament, the main characters are now the 2016 NBA champion center Timofey Mozgov from the capital Runa and the former coach of the Russian national team Evgeny Pashutin, who recently headed Uralmash (Yekaterinburg). Their performance in their short run in the division is already impressive.
Recall that both the center and the coach signed contracts with their new clubs at the close of last year. In January, in his debut match with the farm team of the Krasnodar Lokomotiv-Kuban (83:66). Mozgov became the top scorer of the meeting with 15 points. And in the just past round, Runa visited Vladivostok, where they defeated the local Dynamo - 86:61. This time, Mozgov scored a so-called "double-double", that is, double-digit indicators in the main individual statistical categories. Timofey scored 11 points and made 12 rebounds, and he spent 21 minutes of net playing time on the court, that is, even less than his teammates Fedor Klyuchnikov, Viktor Zaryazhko, Artem Komissarov and American Addison Spruill.
Runa, the leader in Superleague 1, continues its Far East-Siberian tour, and will play the next matches on January 20 on the road in Irkutsk against the local BC Irkut, which so far occupies the sixth place among 15 participants in the division.
"Uralmash" after coming to the post of head coach Yevgeny Pashutin, who started the season in the Eurocup United League team "Lokomotiv-Kuban", won three home victories in a row. But even that is not important. With the advent of a titled specialist on the coaching bridge, the effectiveness of the Urals has increased dramatically, in each of the January games they scored more than 90 points - 97:63 with Irkut, 96:83 against Dynamo Vladivostok and now 98:82 with CSKA-2. I wonder if this series will continue under the conditional name "90+" in the fourth consecutive home game with "Ufimets" (Ufa) on January 20th. Or maybe Uralmash, chasing Runa, will add more and please the audience with a three-digit performance?
In the last round, we also note the defeat of the current Superleague 1 champion BC "Samara" in Irkutsk - 83:90 in an additional five-minute period. Although after the starting quarter the guests were in the lead with a difference of 12 points (21:9), but the Irkutsk team organized a successful chase, they were even close to victory, however, a long-range hit by the Volzhan player Alexei Vzdykhalkin in the last minute of normal time allowed Samara to transfer the meeting to overtime.
In the Superleague 1 championship, held under the auspices of the Russian Basketball Federation (RFB), the leaders are: Runa (Moscow) - 15 wins - 1 loss, Uralmash (Yekaterinburg) - 14-3, Temp-SUMZ-UMMC (Revda ) - 14-3, "University-Yugra" (Surgut) - 11-6, BC "Samara" - 9-7. Irkut (9-8), CSKA-2 (9-8) are also in the zone of getting into the playoffs. The last of those giving a pass to the quarterfinals, eighth place is shared by the capital club MBA, BC "Novosibirsk" and "Barnaul" (Altai Territory) - 8 wins - 9 losses.
Where will we watch
Thursday, January 20
"World of Basketball"12:05. "Dynamo" (Vladivostok) - BC "Samara". Live broadcast.
18:55. "Khimki" (Moscow region) - "TsOP-Lokomotiv-Kuban" (Krasnodar Territory). Live broadcast.
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