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2014-15Regular SeasonRound 3

October 29, 2014 CET: 18:00

Local time: 20:00 SIBUR ARENA

Zenit goes past VEF to grab first win

Zenit St. Petersburg registered its first win in Group D by downing VEF Riga 84-70 at home on Wednesday. Both teams are now tied in Group D, each with a 1-2 record. Kyle Landry led the winners with 17 points and 9 rebounds. Dmitry Kulagin added 14 points while Walter Hodge had 12 and 6 assists for Zenit. Gerald Robinson had 17 points for VEF while Mareks Mejeris added 14. The first quarter saw as many as 8 lead changes but a 12-2 run that Ivan Lazarev capped with a dunk gave Zenit a 23-15 lead late in the first quarter. Hodge and Landry soon helped the hosts to extend their margin to 36-21. A layup by Dejan Borovnjak fixed the halftime score at 51-37. A 13-0 run which Cameron Jones capped with a free throws sealed the outcome, 64-37, soon after the break. Nothing changed from that moment, as Zenit kept a safe margin all the way until the final buzzer.

A layup by Robinson and back-to-back baskets by Bamba Fall gave VEF an early 5-6 lead. Dmitry Kulagin stepped up for Zenit and a layup by Borovnjak put the hosts back ahead, 11-10. Kevin Dillard struck from downtown but Evgeny Valiev and Landry fueled a 6-0 run that Zenit regain the lead, 17-13. Landry kept pacing the hosts and a dunk by Lazarev boosted Zenit's lead to 23-17 after 10 minutes. Hodge singlehandedly made it a double-digit game, 27-17, early in the second quarter. Ronalds Zakis and Robinson tried to change things for VEF but Landry, Hodge and Kulagin fueled a 7-0 run which made it a 15-point game, 36-21. Robinson sank a three-pointer and Mejeris followed a put-back layup with a slam but Hodge and Borovnjak allowed Zenit to stay way ahead, 51-37, at halftime. Free throws by Landry and Kulagin broke the game open, 55-37, immediately after the break. VEF couldn't see the way to the basketand a free throw by Jones capped a 13-0 run which gave Zenit a 64-37 midway through the third quarter. Zakis and Robinson fueled a 0-6 VEF run but Borovnjak and Artem Vikhrov restored a 70-47 Zenit margin after 30 minutes. VEF needed a quick comeback to return to the game and a put-back basket by Fall made Zenit call timeout at 70-51. Hodge and a three-pointer by Gordeev sealed the outcome, 79-54, with 4 minutes left - plenty of time to celebrate the club's first Eurocup win in St. Petersburg

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

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Referees: CMIKIEWICZ, MAREK; SHEMMESH, SEFFI; ROMANO, DAVID

Attendance: 3000 (Tentative)

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Zenit St Petersburg	23	28	19	14
VEF Riga	17	20	10	23

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Zenit St Petersburg	23	51	70	84
VEF Riga	17	37	47	70

Zenit St Petersburg

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
3	KULAGIN, DMITRY	26:51	14	4/5	1/5	3/3		1	1	2	1				2	5	16
4	LAZAREV, IVAN	10:23	6	3/6		0/1	1		1	1			1		5	1	1
5	GORDEEV, DMITRII	20:09	8	1/1	2/3			3	3		2	2			4	1	7
7	KOSHCHEEV, ANDREY	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	KUZYAKIN, ARTEM	3:05	3	0/1	1/1										3		-1
9	JONES, CAMERON	20:21	5	0/2	1/3	2/4	1	4	5	3	2	3		1	1	4	8
11	KOMOLOV, ARTEM	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	VIKHROV, ARTEM	23:27	5	1/1	0/2	3/4		1	1	4	2	2			2	2	7
14	BOROVNJAK, DEJAN	15:59	6	2/7		2/2	1	2	3	1		3	1		3	2	2
15	HODGE, WALTER	27:32	12	2/6		8/9		5	5	6		3		2	2	7	18
31	VALIEV, EVGENY	27:07	8	2/2		4/4	4		4	3	3	1			3	2	16
33	LANDRY, KYLE	25:06	17	6/10	1/3	2/3	4	5	9	1	2	1	2	1		4	26
	Team						1	2	3								3
	Totals	200:00	84	21/41	6/17	24/30	12	23	35	21	12	15	4	4	25	28	103
				51.2%	35.3%	80%

Head coach: KARASEV, VASILY

Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating

VEF Riga

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
5	MEJERIS, MAREKS	21:58	14	3/6	2/2	2/5	2	5	7			1			4	5	15
6	TIMMA, JANIS	27:06	8	1/5	2/5	0/1		4	4	4	1	3		1	3	4	6
7	JAKOVICS, INGUS	23:46	7	3/3		1/3		3	3	5		4			1	2	10
8	FALL, BAMBA	21:53	6	3/3			3	2	5	1		4	4		4		8
11	STRELNIEKS, ARTURS	21:45	2	0/2	0/2	2/2				1	4	3		1	3	2	-2
14	BERZINS, ARTURS	13:54	2	1/2	0/4		1	2	3			1			3	1	-3
22	ROBINSON, GERALD	25:45	17	3/7	2/2	5/6		2	2	1		1		2	5	4	11
23	DILLARD, KEVIN	18:37	5	0/2	1/3	2/2					1	2			2	3	1
27	ZAKIS, RONALDS	11:21	6	1/4		4/4	1	3	4	1		1			1	2	8
32	PASECNIKS, ANZEJS	13:55	3	0/2	1/1			2	2	1					2	2	4
	Team						2	1	3								3
	Totals	200:00	70	15/36	8/19	16/23	9	24	33	14	6	20	4	4	28	25	61
				41.7%	42.1%	69.6%

Head coach: MAZURS, NIKOLAJS

Head Coaches

KARASEV, VASILY

Zenit St Petersburg

"We prepared well for the game and the result shows that. The support from our fans helped us a lot, we miss that on the road. The key period was the third quarter, we played good defense, but at the end we lost our concentration a bit and lost the last quarter."

MAZURS, NIKOLAJS

VEF Riga

"I want to congratulate Zenit for the victory, they were stronger and faster than us tonight. We played poorly in defense, we allowed 51 points in the first game half and we lost the chance to win."

Players

GORDEEV, DMITRII

Zenit St Petersburg

"We had the task to stop Timma in this game and I think that we played our best in defense. Thanks to the defense and good transition game we got the result we expected. "