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Fraternal understanding
Pashutin the player fulfilled the idea of Pashutin the coach
There was no sensation in any of the five matches of the next gaming weekend of the men's super league, although the meeting on the banks of the Neva between the local Spartak and the outsider from Surgut was close to an unexpected outcome. The “red-whites” beat the “University” with a minimal difference in the score - 80:79. Still undefeated in the CSKA championship, the capital's Dynamo team celebrated success again, experiencing a serious game crisis. “Khimki” defeated the Samara “pilots” with great difficulty.It seems that Spartak St. Petersburg did not become particularly stronger with the arrival of 2007 European champion center Alexei Savrasenko, loaned from CSKA, from where the basketball player was actually temporarily expelled due to a conflict with head coach Ettore Messina. Alexey has already played four matches as part of the “red-whites”. In them, his team won two difficult victories at home with a margin of one point (over Ural-Great and University), was defeated by CSKA and failed to cope with Khimki. In the first three meetings, Savrasenko scored only 14 points in total , and only in the last game with the “students” he showed performance corresponding to a player of his level - 13 points.
The Surgut team suffered six defeats before going to St. Petersburg, and it seemed that it would not be difficult for Spartak to deal with the guests, but the St. Petersburg team barely escaped the fiasco. 19 seconds before the siren, Evgeny Pashutin's team lost four points to their opponent - 75:79. At the end of the match, the guest's American legionnaire Lionel Chambers greatly regretted that he scored only one free kick out of two, otherwise the team from the banks of the Neva would hardly have caught up with the Siberians. After Chambers hit the target with his second throw, Pashutin Sr. took a time out. The mentor's thoughts were brought to life by his brother Zakhar Pashutin, who addressed the ball to Andrew Wisniewski, who was accurate from behind the three-point arc. Experienced Zakhar immediately, without wasting precious time, fouled Igor Smygin, who missed both free throws. Three seconds later, the Surgut team violated the rules on Nikita Kurbanov, but he did not miss his chance - 80:79. The Serbian coach of the “University” Zeljko Lukaic should count this ending as a serious minus for himself.
The capital's Dynamo started the season with three American point guards - Ariel McDonald, Hollis Price and Jannero Pargo. In January, none of them were left on the team. The Blue and Whites, who delayed salaries on high contracts with these basketball players, found a less expensive performer. Last week, a contract was signed with Brian Chase from the USA (27 years old, height 178 cm). He moved from the French Le Mans. True, in Perm the Muscovites played without their new playmaker and still prevailed. It was quite cold in the Molot sports palace, since the basketball flooring was laid directly on the ice - the local hockey club plays its home matches in this arena. In the second quarter, the guests scored nine unanswered points in a row and took the lead 33:21. The most that the Perm team managed in the remaining time of the match was to reduce the gap to seven points. Young Dynamo defender Dmitry Khvostov spent a record 25 minutes on the court in this championship, but with the arrival of Chase his playing time will probably decrease.
“The loss of a number of players only brought the team together,” said Muscovites helmsman David Blatt, not without pride. - In the match with Ural-Great, Khvostov made several excellent episodes, Lavrinovich played an important role, Bykov showed himself well. We focused mainly on defense, which is why we conceded a little.” The hosts' coach Roman Dvinyaninov complained about the illnesses of his players and admitted that center Bashminov played with a fever.
Lyubertsy "Triumph" relied on three-point hits in the victorious match with Lokomotiv-Rostov. The guests made more long-range shots than shots from close or medium distance - 35 versus 27. 14 attempts turned out to be accurate, and Pavel Sergeev was especially successful in bombarding the opponent's hoop from behind a six-meter arc - 5 out of 9. The fate of the meeting was decided in the extra five minutes , which Triumph won with a rare score of 11:1.
Results. Super League. Men. CSKA -- "Yenisey" -- 96:66, "Lokomotiv-Rostov" -- "Triumph" -- 73:83 (OT), "CSK VVS-Samara" -- "Khimki" -- 68:76, "Spartak" » St. Petersburg - "University-Ugra" - 80:79, "Ural Great" - "Dynamo" M - 58:70. The leaders are: CSKA - 15 wins - 0 losses, Khimki - 12--3, Dynamo M - 11--4, UNICS - 9--5.