VTB United League - Round-3-of-Finals-Zenit-claim-second-straight-win
FINAL
CSKA - Zenit 83-91Zenitmade 18-of-20 charity shots (90.0 percent) during the game. They shot the lights out from three nailing 15 long-distance shots on high 53.6 percentage. It was an exceptional evening for American Dwayne Bacon (201-1995, college: FSU) who led the winners and scored 19 points and 5 rebounds. His fellow American import guard Trent Frazier (188-1998, college: Illinois) accounted for 19 points and 4 assists for the winning side. Zenit's coach allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Nigerian center Tonye Jekiri (212-1994, college: Miami, FL) came up with 15 points and 8 rebounds and American guard Melo Trimble (190-1995, college: Maryland, agency: Pensack Sports) added 16 points respectively for
CSKAin the defeat. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures.
Top scorers:
CSKA: M.Trimble 16+3reb+3ast, A.M'Baye 15+2reb, T.Jekiri 15+8reb+3ast, C.Ware 14+2reb+5ast, I.Ukhov 8+5reb+1ast, A.Astapkovich 7+6reb+2ast
Zenit: D.Bacon 19+5reb+3ast, T.Frazier 19+3reb+4ast, O.White 17+4reb+2ast, A.Vorontsevich 15, A.Poythress 7+4reb, V.Hunter 7+5reb+2ast
3-4 Place
Lokomotiv - UNICS 86-77
It was a great evening for American guard Patrick Miller (185-1992, college: Tennessee St., agency: Slash Sports) who led his team to a victory scoring 29 points and 6 assists. His fellow American import center Isaiah Whaley (205-1998, college: UConn) helped adding 15 points and 5 rebounds. The best for the losing side was Belgian center Ismael Bako (208-1995) with a double-double by scoring 13 points and 15 rebounds and Trinidad and Tobago-American swingman Devaughn Akoon-Purcell (196-1993, college: Illinois St.) scored 21 points. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games.
Top scorers:
UNICS: D.Akoon-Purcell 21+4reb+2ast, J.Reynolds 15+6reb+3ast, I.Bako 13+15reb+2ast, M.Knight 12+3reb+5ast, M.Keene 9+4reb+1ast, D.Hilliard 3+1reb
Lokomotiv: P.Miller 29+1reb+6ast, I.Whaley 15+5reb+1ast, K.Temirov 13+2reb, T.McCall 10+4reb+2ast, V.Emchenko 5+1reb+2ast, A.Cleveland 4+7reb+4ast
