2020-21Regular SeasonRound 6
Khimki Moscow Region 83
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 77
October 30, 2020 CET: 18:00
Local time: 20:00 ARENA MYTISHCHI

Shved, McCollum spark first Khimki win

Khimki Moscow Region finally gained its first win of the season by outlasting Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 83-77 in a hard-fought game in the Russian capital. It was fiercely contested during the first three quarters, with neither team leading by more than the 8-1 advantage claimed by Khimki in the opening minutes. The lead swapped hands regularly and it was anyone’s game until new Khimki signing Errick McCollum inspired a charge midway through the fourth, and Zvezda could not respond. Alexey Shved led Khimki with a double-double of 15 points and 12 assists, but he was outshone by McCollum who gave Khimki a huge lift in the second half with 22 of his 23 points coming after the break. Jordan Mickey also posted a double-double for Khimki with 11 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 5 blocked shots. Jordan Loyd top scored for Zvezda with 18 points, while debutant Johnny O’Bryant added 14 and Corey Walden netted 11.

Khimki netted the first three field goals for an 8-1 edge, before Loyd scored from deep and in penetration to get Zvezda moving. Jonas Jerebko netted his second triple but Zvezda bettered that with consecutive deep strikes from Walden and Branko Lazic for its first lead, 13-14. Taylor Rochestie and Emanuel Terry completed a 0-10 run, which was ended by a deep strike from Janis Timma. Defenses dominated the remainder of the first quarter, which finished 19-22 after free throws. Vyacheslav Zaytsev tied it up from deep, but O’Bryant scored in the low post for Zvezda’s first field goal in four minutes. Ognjen Kuzmic added another close-range score before defenses took over, with no field goals for nearly three minutes. Greg Monroe and Loyd traded baskets, before 4 straight points and a big block from Mickey tied the game at 30-30. Shved’s three-pointer sent Khimki in front, but threeballs from Rochestie and O’Bryant helped Zvezda regain the ascendancy. Shved then took over, netting 4 fast points to help make it 44-40 at the break. After the second half started with a flurry of free throws, Kuzmic’s open dunk and Lazic’s fastbreak layup sent Zvezda in front and Emanuel Terry’s fierce alley-oop protected that lead. McCollum scored 4 straight points to send Khimki ahead, 54-53, and he then penetrated to beat the third quarter buzzer for a 58-57 lead. O’Bryant and McCollum traded long-range blows as the start of the fourth, and another pair of scores from McCollum made it 66-60. Kuzmic tipped in to make it closer, but Jerebko and Timma kept Khimki ahead. McCollum another pair of triples for a 77-66 edge inside the last 3 minutes. The teams traded triples in the final minutes, including a couple from Walden, but Zvezda never got closer than 6.

Shved assists first, scores later

Khimki sharpshooter Alexey Shved orchestrated his offense to perfection in the early stages, registering 5 assists with 0 turnovers in the opening 5 minutes. He didn’t score his first field goal until the last three minutes of the first half, but then took off and nearly reached a double-double before half-time, pairing 11 points with 9 assists in the first half.

Defenses dominant after the break

The third quarter was fiercely contested with defenses dominating and nothing being given easily. Khimki particularly struggled initially, only scoring 8 free throws with no field goals in the opening 7:30 of the second half. Zvezda then had similar problems at the start of the fourth, scoring only 3 points in the first 4 minutes as Khimki established a platform to go on and win the game.

O’Bryant impresses on debut for Zvezda

Errick McCollum was the star man in Khimki’s win, but he wasn’t the only debutant to catch the eye: Johnny O’Bryant also impressed on his first EuroLeague game for Zvezda after signing until the end of the season a few days ago. The former Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv forward provided 14 points and 4 rebounds in 19 minutes on the floor.

Next round

Khimki will be on the road next Friday to take on Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul for Round 7, while Crvena visits FC Bayern Munich on the same night.

Alexey Shved - Khimki Moscow Region - EB20
Friday, October 30, 2020
Euroleague.net
Referees: RADOVIC, SRETEN; PASTUSIAK, PIOTR; VYKLICKY, ROBERT
Attendance: 0
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Khimki Moscow Region
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 SHVED, ALEXEY 30:07 15 2/3 1/7 8/8 1 3 4 12 1 4     3 6 24
3 MCCOLLUM, ERRICK 23:50 23 3/5 4/5 5/6   2 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 6 25
6 TIMMA, JANIS 31:28 9   3/8   1 3 4       1   3 1 7
7 KARASEV, SERGEY 6:22 2 1/1                     1   1
8 ZAITCEV, VIACHESLAV 10:52 3   1/1     1 1 1         3 1 3
15 MONROE, GREG 22:44 9 3/8   3/4 1 3 4 1 1 2   1 2 3 7
17 ODINOKOV, VLADISLAV DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
18 VORONOV, EVGENY 3:40                         1   -1
31 BOOKER, DEVIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 JEREBKO, JONAS 30:11 8 1/1 2/4     3 3 2         4   7
45 BERTANS, DAIRIS 13:41 3 0/1 1/4   1 2 3 1 1       3   1
55 MICKEY, JORDAN 27:05 11 3/7 0/3 5/6 2 9 11     1 5   2 5 21
Team           1 1 2     2          
Totals 200:00 83 13/26 12/32 21/24 7 27 34 18 4 12 7 2 23 22 95
        50% 37.5% 87.5%
Head coach: KURTINAITIS, RIMAS
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
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 ROCHESTIE, TAYLOR 11:15 7 1/1 1/2 2/2       3   1     1 2 9
00 O'BRYANT, JOHNNY 19:54 14 2/6 3/4 1/2   4 4   1 3     4 4 10
1 HALL, LANGSTON 22:07 4 1/5 0/1 2/2 2 2 4 3 2 2   2 1 2 5
2 WALDEN, COREY 18:45 11 0/1 3/4 2/2       2   1   1 3 2 8
3 LOYD, JORDAN 29:51 18 3/8 1/6 9/9 1 6 7 3 1 2   2 4 10 21
7 DAVIDOVAC, DEJAN 17:14   0/1 0/1     2 2 2           1 3
10 LAZIC, BRANKO 15:50 5 1/1 1/3     3 3           2   4
13 DOBRIC, OGNJEN 4:58 2 1/2           1         2    
19 SIMONOVIC, MARKO 4:26                              
21 JAGODIC-KURIDZA, MARKO 25:57 4 2/4 0/1   2 3 5 1   1   1 3   2
32 KUZMIC, OGNJEN 17:34 8 4/5     1 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 1   12
33 TERRY, EMANUEL 12:09 4 2/3   0/2 1 2 3   1   1   1 2 7
Team           1 2 3     4         -1
Totals 200:00 77 17/37 9/22 16/19 8 26 34 16 8 15 2 7 22 23 80
        45.9% 40.9% 84.2%
Head coach: OBRADOVIC, SASA

Head Coaches

KURTINAITIS, RIMAS
Khimki Moscow Region
"I am very happy that we finally won in the EuroLeague. I hope all our problems are over as almost all the players are back on the court. Tonight, we played good defense and also controlled the game, and everything was great. We also played much smarter on offense, especially at the end of the game. I really liked the way Alexey Shved played tonight: he played for the team and, perhaps, didn't score his average norm of points, but made 12 assists, played defense, and did exactly what was needed from him for a team result. I am very happy with how McCollum played. He was able to get into the game in such a short time and understand what and how we play. Today, he helped us a lot in every way: when it was difficult for the team, he took the game on himself and played good defense against the fast players of Crvena Zvezda, such as Loyd. In a word, he's good. He fits in well with our team, he is good at practice and, well, he is just a good guy. I think our business will improve with him."
OBRADOVIC, SASA
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade
“Congratulations to Khimki, they deserved to win today. We had our chances but we didn’t use them. We hesitated too much, and you could see that they had different guys who could be a threat. We need to learn from this loss so we can go on. Johnny O’Bryant will definitely make a difference for us in time. It’s a big job now working on the chemistry with the new players and maybe this is one of the reasons we lost the game. But we are very happy to have this quality of player.”

Players

SHVED, ALEXEY
Khimki Moscow Region
“I think we played great defense especially in the second half, we moved the ball had a lot of open shots, and Errick [McCollum] played a really great game. It’s a team win and we’re happy to get the first victory. We missed open shots in the third quarter but still played our way and stayed together.”
MCCOLLUM, ERRICK
Khimki Moscow Region
“It was good that we came together, we’ve faced a lot of adversity with a lot of guys out. I’m glad we’ve now got almost the full team and when we all come together we can be a strong team. The coaches did a great job pushing me every day and getting me into shape for a EuroLeague game, and my teammates continued to believe in me and encourage me. I’m glad the team gave me the minutes and the confidence to make some shots.”
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