2021-22Regular SeasonRound 23
January 28, 2022 CET: 17:00
Local time: 19:00 BASKET HALL KAZAN

Shved leads CSKA past UNICS

CSKA Moscow returned to winning ways and avenged a recent defeat by downing host UNICS Kazan 75-86 at Basket Hall on Friday. CSKA improved to 13-8 in the standings while UNICS dropped to 12-9. Alexey Shved led the winners with 27 points. Nikola Milutinov added 17 while Will Clyburn had 16 for CSKA. Mario Hezonja and Lorenzo Brown led UNICS with 21 points apiece. Tonye Jekiri added 11 for the guests. Lorenzo Brown stepped up early, getting help from Jekiri to give UNICS a 20-16 lead after 10 minutes. Milutinov and Iffe Lundberg fueled a 0-10 second-quarter run which allowed CSKA to take a 32-37 edge at halftime. Johannes Voigtmann and Shved took over after the break, making it a double-digit game, 40-50. Hezonja and Brown brought UNICS within 66-67 but Shved and an unstoppable Clyburn took over in crunch time to lead CSKA to an important victory.

Shved got CSKA going with a floater and followed Voigtmann's layup with a three-pointer that made UNICS call timeout at 0-7. Brown stepped up with a three-point play, fed Mario Hezonja for a corner triple and hit a turnaround jumper for an 8-8 tie. Shved kept pacing CSKA but Dmitrii Uzinskii struck from downtown to put UNICS in charge, 11-10. Voigtmann and Lorenzo Brown traded baskets, then Nikita Kurbanov scored down low for a 13-14 CSKA edge. Brown hit a mid-range jumper, and got help from Jekiri to boost the hosts' lead to 20-16 after 10 minutes.

Lundberg took over with a driving layup early in the second quarter that O.J. Mayo matched with a mid-range jumper. Milutinov buried a turnaround shot and Daniel Hackett added a three-point play that let CSKA regain a 22-23 lead. Lundberg struck from beyond the arc and Milutinov dunked to cap a 0-10 CSKA run before Uzinskii finished a four-chance UNICS offense with a triple. Milutinov hit a jump hook and Hackett soon boosted the guests' lead to 26-32. Uzinskii dunked and Brown added a jumper at 30-32. Shved answered from downtown and Milutinov scored again while Hezonja kept UNICS within 32-37 at halftime.

Tonye Jekiri ignited the UNICS crowd with an alley-oop slam soon after the break. Shved answered with back-to-back triples and Voigtmann improved upon Brown's layup with a bomb from downtown that made it a double-digit game, 36-46. Jarrell Brantley scored in the paint and Jekiri added a power basket for the hosts, but Voigtmann and Shved kept the guests way ahead, 40-50. Hezonja sank a baseline jumper, Brown struck from downtown and Brantley added a layup and a three-point play to get UNICS as close as 51-54. Clyburn rescued CSKA with 7 quick points and Kurbanov took over with a layup-and-one but Jekiri, Lorenzo Brown and Hezonja kept the hosts within 57-64 after 30 minutes.

Hezonja sent a behind-the-back assist to Brantley early in the fourth quarter and soon scored in penetration to make CSKA call timeout at 61-64. Hezonja kept pacing the hosts with a bomb from beyond the arc but Milutinov kept his team ahead 64-67 with under 6 minutes left. Hezonja hit an off-balance shot that Clyburn matched with a layup. Shved buried a corner triple and Clyburn improved upon Andrey Vorontsevich's a tip-in with his own shot from downtown to break the game open, 68-75, with under 3 minutes remaining. Shved hit a turnaround jumper but Hezonja kept UNICS within 73-78 with 1:11 left. Milutinov took over with a put-back slam off a CSKA timeout that sealed the outcome.

Shved steps up in Kazan

Alexey Shved thrilled CSKA Moscow fans with a solid all-around performance in his team's 75-86 road victory against UNICS Kazan. Shved was a scoring threat throughout the game, leading his team with a season-high 27 points by making 3 of 4 two-pointers, 6 of 10 three-pointers and 3 of 4 free throws. He added 2 rebounds, a steal and 3 fouls drawn for a PIR of 23, his second-best mark this season. Shved previously had a PIR of 25 in a 78-76 home victory against Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade in Round 4. Oddly enough, despite facing UNICS many times in VTB League action, it was Shved's first visit to Kazan in a EuroLeague game, and he led CSKA to its 13th victory.

Focused CSKA wins in Kazan

CSKA Moscow defeated UNICS Kazan 75-86 on the road in Round 23 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season. Even when stats were very balanced in most categories, CSKA showed better focus, proving more accurate than UNICS and making fewer mistakes to cruise to an important victory. CSKA hit 10 of 27 three-pointers (37.0%) and managed to limit UNICS to just 6-for-10 shooting from downtown (30.0%). The guests picked up just 8 turnovers, one shy of their season low, and made UNICS cough up as many as 13. CSKA was also more accurate from the foul line, hitting 22 of 27 free throws (81.5%) to UNICS's 9 of 12 (75.0%).

Lorenzo Brown shines against CSKA, again

UNICS Kazan registered a 75-86 home loss against CSKA Moscow but its floor general had yet another extraordinary performance. Lorenzo Brown had a really solid display for UNICS, finishing the game with 21 points on 7-for-13 two-point, 1-for-3 three-pointers and 4-for-5 free throws shooting. He added 3 rebounds, 9 assists – barely missing his first EuroLeague double-double – a block and 6 fouls drawn for a PIR of 26. Brown already had a good performance against CSKA in Round 15, getting 10 points and 8 assists in a 67-88 victory.

Alexey Shved - CSKA Moscow - EB21
Friday, January 28, 2022
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Referees: JOVCIC, MILIVOJE; JAVOR, DAMIR; NIKOLIC, UROS
Attendance: 4321
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UNICS Kazan20122518
CSKA Moscow16212722
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UNICS Kazan20325775
CSKA Moscow16376486
UNICS Kazan
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 SPISSU, MARCO 3:35               1         1 1 1
00 BROWN, JOHN 24:22 1 0/3   1/2 1 2 3 3   1   1 4 3  
4 BROWN, LORENZO 38:04 21 7/13 1/3 4/5 1 2 3 9   2 1   3 6 26
5 BRANTLEY, JARRELL 20:51 9 4/5   1/1 1 3 4 1         4 3 12
8 ZAITCEV, VIACHESLAV DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 HEZONJA, MARIO 38:16 21 6/9 3/9   1 8 9 3 2 5     5 3 19
12 KLIMENKO, ARTEM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 UZINSKII, DMITRII 12:48 8 1/2 2/3     1 1   1     1 3   4
23 JEKIRI, TONYE 24:00 11 4/5   3/4 1 3 4     2 3   3 2 13
32 MAYO, O J 16:35 2 1/3 0/2   1 2 3     1   1 3 1 -3
33 VORONTSEVICH, ANDREY 21:29 2 1/3 0/3   3 3 6 1 1       3   2
44 KOMOLOV, ARTEM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1   1     2         -1
Totals 200:00 75 24/43 6/20 9/12 10 24 34 18 4 13 4 3 29 19 73
        55.8% 30% 75%
Head coach: PERASOVIC, VELIMIR
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
CSKA Moscow
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 LUNDBERG, IFFE 17:53 7 2/3 1/4   1   1 1       1 2   2
3 BOLOMBOY, JOEL 8:05           3 3     1       2 4
4 KHOMENKO, ALEXANDER 3:11                 1       1    
8 IVLEV, VLADIMIR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 HACKETT, DANIEL 27:19 5 1/3 0/2 3/3   2 2 5   1   1 4 3 5
11 ANTONOV, SEMEN 9:24     0/1           1       2 1 -1
17 VOIGTMANN, JOHANNES 30:36 8 2/5 1/3 1/1   4 4   2 1 1   2 1 8
21 CLYBURN, WILL 24:24 16 1/4 2/6 8/8   3 3 4   1     1 6 20
28 LOPATIN, ANDREI 0:05                              
33 MILUTINOV, NIKOLA 31:55 17 6/7   5/8 4 3 7 2   2 2 1 1 8 28
41 KURBANOV, NIKITA 19:51 6 2/3 0/1 2/3   2 2 3       1 3 4 8
91 SHVED, ALEXEY 27:17 27 3/4 6/10 3/4   2 2   1 1     3 3 23
Team           1 3 4     1         3
Totals 200:00 86 17/29 10/27 22/27 6 22 28 15 5 8 3 4 19 28 100
        58.6% 37% 81.5%
Head coach: ITOUDIS, DIMITRIS

Head Coaches

PERASOVIC, VELIMIR
UNICS Kazan
"First of all, congratulations to CSKA. They deserved the victory because they played smarter in the most important moments. They always found the way to attack us very well, and they deserved the victory. I think it was clear that we had a problem with our energy because it is the first time that we lose the battle of the steals and turnovers. We are always good at this and, tonight, CSKA was better. "
ITOUDIS, DIMITRIS
CSKA Moscow
"Congratulations to our club and our squad. The players came over here decisive and determined to give a battle, play and match the aggressivity and the physicality that UNICS has shown in the last months. Obviously, we came short-handed but the players that were over here, that matter, they were very decisive. They stayed together and set the tone from the very beginning. Even when we lost the first quarter, from there and on, setting the tone defensively and keeping on a low 12 points in the second quarter, it was the key for us to feel the game and the things we can do, offensively and defensively. The third quarter, I would say both teams exchanged shots with a very good shooting percentage, and really making shots from the perimeters or making plays around the paint. Overall, though, the fact that we pushed them, we created turnovers, we generated from there – 13 turnovers to 8, we took the care of the ball. Eight (turnovers), four in the first half and four in the second half, if I am not mistaken, shooting the good-spot shots they are creating, punishing their mismatches and the switch defense that they had chosen. Actually, this is the main defense that UNICS is playing this year. It was good domination from Niko (Milutinov) down in the paint, and the other bigs. Our guard passed the ball so, overall, congratulations to our team, to the players for that fight, and the win, of course."

Players

BROWN, LORENZO
UNICS Kazan
“Hard-fought game against a good team. We just came up short on a few defensive and offensive positions.”
SHVED, ALEXEY
CSKA Moscow
"We are just happy to win, because we lost (against UNICS) two times this season. They are playing really great this season. They play fast, shoot a lot of threes and actually, I like their Basketball. But we came here to win and we are happy to beat them tonight."
MILUTINOV, NIKOLA
CSKA Moscow
"I am feeling amazing. We played a great game today. We fought for 40 minutes. Especially here, it is tough to play against UNICS, who are playing amazing this season. It was a tough game but we really stepped up and played amazing for 40 minutes."