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Basketball. Russian Cup. Men. 1/8 finals. "TEMP-SUMZ" (Revda) -- "Lokomotiv-Kuban" (Krasnodar) -- 71:91, "Irkut" (Irkutsk) -- "Red Wings" (Samara) -- 56:75, "Spartak" (St. -Petersburg) - "Severstal" (Cherepovets) - 85:66, "Spartak-Primorye" (Primorsky Territory) - "Triumph" (Lyubertsy) - 63:62, "Ural" (Ekaterinburg) - "Ruscon" -Mordovia" (Saransk) -- 75:64, "University-Ugra" (Surgut) -- "Nizhny Novgorod" -- 71:92, "Metallurg-University" (Magnitogorsk) -- "Lokomotiv" (Novosibirsk) -- 78:59, “Ataman” (Rostov-on-Don) - “Yenisei” (Krasnoyarsk) - 54:63.
Clubs from the top division of the country's championship have entered the fight for the Russian Cup. A sensational result was recorded in Vladivostok, where Spartak-Primorye, which successfully competes in the super league, snatched a victory with a minimal advantage from the PBL representative Triumph. Let us also note the good performance of the leader of subgroup “B” of the major league (D-3) “Ataman” against “Yenisey”. The Rostov team consists mainly of young basketball players, but 38-year-old Valentin Kubrakov, who previously defended the colors of the Russian national team, has the status of playing coach. In this match, he measured out 15 minutes of net time for himself and converted all six free throws he took. Seven of the eight return matches will take place on November 27, and Triumph will try to take revenge on the Far East ten days earlier. Let us remind you that in two-legged confrontations, a draw outcome of a single match is allowed.
The first defeat of Prokhorov's team
Basketball. NBA. Regular season. “New Jersey” – “Miami” – 78:101, “Oklahoma” – “Utah” – 99:120, “Clippers” – “Dallas” – 83:99, “Lakers” – “ Golden State" -- 107:83.
New Jersey, owned by Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov for the first season, suffered its first defeat in its third match. After victories over Detroit and Sacramento, the Nets could not cope with the main favorite of the championship, Miami. The guests' top scorer was LeBron James, who scored 20 points. The Lakers were one of the four teams that never lost in three matches. The “residents of the lake region” are accompanied by “Atlanta”, “Portland” and “New Orleans”. Andrei Kirilenko appeared on the court in Utah's starting five and brought his team 20 points, converting two out of three attempts to hit the target from long range.
Belgorod demonstrates an excellent block
Volleyball. Super League. Men. 2nd round. "Lokomotiv" NS -- "Iskra" -- 3:1 (25:14, 22:25, 25:19, 25:17), "Gazprom-Yugra" -- "Ural" -- 3:2 (23: 25, 25:22, 20:25, 25:22, 15:7), "Dynamo" Kr -- "Lokomotiv-Belogorye" -- 1:3 (16:25, 19:25, 25:22, 15: 25), "Dynamo" M -- "Kuzbass" -- 3:0 (25:22, 25:23, 25:14), "Yaroslavich" -- "Fakel" -- 1:3 (13:25, 25 :16, 20:25, 20:25), "Dynamo-Yantar" - "Zenit" - 2:3 (20:25, 25:23, 19:25, 26:24, 14:16).
After two rounds, the capital's Dynamo and the railroad workers of Novosibirsk and Belgorod did not lose a single point. Moreover, the wards of head coach Gennady Shipulin set a new Super League record for the number of points per block for four-set matches - 24. The previous achievement (21 points per block) in meetings of this length was held by the capital's Dynamo (2005/06 season) and Kazan (2007 /08). The absolute record (30 points) belongs to Yaroslavich from 2008/09. But then Sergei Shlyapnikov’s team reached this level after a five-set marathon match with the NOVA club (Novokuibyshevsk).
The "World Tour" will end on the island of Phuket
The “World Tour” of beach volleyball for women’s teams has entered the home stretch. The penultimate stage ended last weekend in Sanya (China), the girls will finish this week on the sand courts of Phuket Island (Thailand).
Note that after the non-renewal of the contract with American specialist Dane Selzhnik, who worked with the Russian national team for two years, two mentor positions were vacant. The VFW Beach Volleyball Council has decided that the men's and women's teams should have different coaches. As a result of the first part of the competition, the list of applicants was reduced to four names - Vyacheslav Nirka and Dmitry Kuvichka are ready to work with the stronger sex, Sergey Molchanov and Vladimir Maslov are ready to work with women.
Three of our couples performed in Sanya, and the best result was shown by representatives of SC “Volleyball-Primorye”, 2006 European champion Alexandra Moiseeva (Shiryaeva) and Evgenia Ukolova. They reached the third round of the consolation tournament, that is, they were classified in 13th position. The Russians defeated the Chinese Huang Ying/Yue Yuan (21:18, 21:17), the Slovenian Fabian sisters (23:21, 21:11), and lost to the Dutch Van Iersel/Keyser (16:21, 15:21) and Americans Fendrick/Hanson (20:22, 15:21). Anna Vozakova - Svetlana Popova and Ekaterina Khomyakova - Irina Chaika played less successfully in China. In the final, the Chinese Xue Chen/Zhang Xi were stronger than the German tandem Goller/Ludwig - 22:20, 22:20.
KHL winners of the week named
The Continental Hockey League, based on the statistical results of the players’ performances, determined the winners of the eighth week of the regular season.
Stefan Liv (Sibir) was recognized as the best goalkeeper, the KHL press service reports. During the week, he took part in three matches, one of which he kept a clean sheet. On average, Liv conceded 0.74 goals per game and stopped 97.1% of shots. Mikhail Balandin (Dynamo Moscow) was named the best defender. In four matches, he made two assists and achieved a plus-5 utility rating. The strongest striker of the week is Alexei Kaigorodov from Metallurg Magnitogorsk, who scored 5 (3+2) points in the scoring classification using the “goal plus pass” system in three matches. The usefulness indicator of the Magnitogorsk center forward is “plus 5”. Among the newcomers, the laurels go to Dynamo Minsk defender Sergei Sheleg.