The Russian Basketball Super League (2009-2010)
Sunday, March 14th, 2010, 12:00 GMT
Consensus Free Pick
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13 hunches
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Ricky Minard joins Khimky
March 2010
Ricky Minard | Ricky Minard (194-G/F-82, college: Morehead St.) has moved to Russia. The 27-year-old guard has agreed on terms of contract with Khimky. Ricky Minard started the season in Lottomatica. He averaged 11.2 points, 4.3 boards and 1.8 assists per Euroleague game. In Seria A Minard tallied 8.6 points, 2.6 boards and 2.4 steals per appearance. Last season Ricky Minard played in Montegranaro. The guard notched 15.6 points, 4.4 boards and 2.1 steals per game. |
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Khimky fails to advance despite win against Olympiakos
March 2010
Keith
Langford
| Top 16, Round 6: Khimky - Olympiakos 96-83
Khimky handed first loss in Top 16 phase to Olympiakos, but failed to reach the Quarterfinals because Caja Laboral outplayed Cibona also last night. Despite this defeat, Olympiakos ended this stage as No.1 in Group H and they will meet Asseco Prokom in the Quarterfinals. Khimky is No.3 with 3-3 score. Keith Langford (193-G/F-83, college: Kansas) (7 as) and Kelly McCarty (201-F-75, agency: Avi Zilberman, college: S |
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CSKA beats Zalgiris, ends Top 16 with five wins
March 2010
Keith
Langford
| Top 16, Round 6: CSKA - Zalgiris 84-71
CSKA Moscow finished Top 16 phase as No.1 in Group G with five wins and just one defeat. Last nigth, the Russian powerhouse was too strong for Zalgiris Kaunas 84-71. Pops Mensah-Bonsu (206-F-83, agency: SportsTalent, college: George Washington) came up with 19 points and 8 rebounds for the Moscow team, while Trajan Langdon (192-G-76, college: Duke) and Zoran Planinic (199-G-82) followed with 17 and 12 points respectively |
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Valencia topple Unics
March 2010
Sergei
Lishouk
| Valencia - Unics 91:81
Serhiy Lishchuk (210-C/F-82, agency: Beo Basket) scored 18 points to lead Valencia past Unics in Spain. The victory helped the Spanish team clinch the top spot in the EuroCup Last 16 Group J. Valencia will now take on Aris in the tournaments quarterfinal. Unics ended their campaign at the third position in the pool.
Unics accounted for the first four points in the game before Valencia took over |
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Krasnie Krilya advanced to the Quarter Final Round of Eurochallenge
March 2010
Andrei
Ivanov
| AEL - Krasnie Krilya 68:84
Krasnie Krilya advanced to the Quarter Final Round as they finished Group I with 4-2 record. The Russian team grabbed 84:68 over AEL as the latter is on the bottom with 1-5 record.
Krasnie Krilya grabbed 2-0 from the start and enjoyed 11:4 lead midway through the opening quarter. Liatsos reduced to 15:11, while the guests finished the stanza with 7-0 run. Right after that time it became clear about the Russian success |
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