VTB-Youth League Regular Season is still in too early stage and there may be still significant changes in the standings. Coincidentally all hosts won their games. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.
CSKA-Junior smashed Avtodor-2 in Moscow 87-32. CSKA-Junior held Avtodor-2 to an opponent 17.4 percent shooting from the field compared to 47.3 percent accuracy of the winners. CSKA-Junior forced 24 Avtodor-2 turnovers and had a 42-29 advantage in offensive rebounds. CSKA-Junior looked well-organized offensively handing out 27 assists comparing to just 8 passes made by Avtodor-2‘s players. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when CSKA-Junior made 15 blocks. It was a great evening for center Zakhar Lavrenov (205-2005, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) who led his team to a victory scoring 17 points and 5 rebounds. Nikolay Natcvlishvili (198-2005) helped adding 13 points and 8 rebounds. The best for the losing side was center Anton Suschik (210-2005) with 4 points and 14 rebounds. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
There were no shocking results in the rest of the games of round 3: winless Samara-2 lost to undefeated Zenit-2 on the opponent’s court 74-84. CSKA-Junior outscored Avtodor-2 in a home game 79-47. Winless Samara-2 lost to undefeated Zenit-2 on the road 71-86.
The most impressive stats of the last round was 19 points and 7 rebounds by Ivan Vasilev of Zenit-2.
CSKA-Junior – Avtodor-2 87-32
CSKA-Junior smashed Avtodor-2 in Moscow 87-32. CSKA-Junior held Avtodor-2 to an opponent 17.4 percent shooting from the field compared to 47.3 percent accuracy of the winners. CSKA-Junior forced 24 Avtodor-2 turnovers and had a 42-29 advantage in offensive rebounds. CSKA-Junior looked well-organized offensively handing out 27 assists comparing to just 8 passes made by Avtodor-2‘s players. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when CSKA-Junior made 15 blocks. It was a great evening for center Zakhar Lavrenov (205-2005, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) who led his team to a victory scoring 17 points and 5 rebounds. Nikolay Natcvlishvili (198-2005) helped adding 13 points and 8 rebounds. Four CSKA-Junior players scored in double figures. The best for the losing side was center Anton Suschik (210-2005) with 4 points and 14 rebounds and Yaroslav Teder (198-2005) scored 6 points and 5 rebounds. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Top scorers:
CSKA-Junior: Z.Lavrenov 17+5reb+2ast, R.Gusev 13+3reb+4ast, N.Natcvlishvili 13+8reb+3ast, D.Klubbe 11+2reb+2ast, A.Lukyanov 7+5reb, S.Novikov 5+5reb+6ast
Avtodor-2: Y.Teder 6+5reb, A.Nikulin 5+2reb, R.Boykov 4+4reb+3ast, A.Kurdukov 4+4reb+1ast, A.Suschik 4+14reb, P.Forsov 4+3reb+1ast
gschID: 1204745
Zenit-2 – Samara-2 84-74
Very expected game in Saint Petersburg where Samara-2 (0-2) was defeated by Zenit-2 (2-0) 84-74 on Monday. Zenit-2 forced 22 Samara-2 turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 23 assists. It was a great evening for center Mikhail Presnyakov (205-2007) who led his team to a victory scoring 15 points and 5 rebounds (on 7-of-8 shooting from the field). Alexandr Porotnikov (192-2007) helped adding 11 points and 7 assists. The best for the losing side was forward Egor Amosov (197-2008) with 19 points and 6 rebounds and center Nikita Kosyakov (205-2005) scored 16 points and 8 rebounds (perfect from the field making all seven shots !!!). Five Zenit-2 and four Samara-2 players scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Top scorers:
Zenit-2: T.Komissarov 15+5reb, M.Presnyakov 15+5reb+1ast, P.Logunov 13+4reb+1ast, A.Porotnikov 11+3reb+7ast, I.Vasilev 10+3reb, G.Mucshinskiy 8+1reb
Samara-2: E.Amosov 19+6reb+2ast, N.Kosyakov 16+8reb, I.Kasyanov 13+10reb, I.Zaytcev 11+2reb, D.Sletkov 8+6reb+3ast, B.Shuvakin 5+2reb+4ast
gschID: 1204746
CSKA-Junior – Avtodor-2 79-47
Very predictable result in Moscow where CSKA-Junior (2-0) smashed Avtodor-2 (0-2) 79-47 on Tuesday. CSKA-Junior dominated down low during the game scoring 56 of its points in the paint compared to Avtodor-2‘s 30. CSKA-Junior forced 23 Avtodor-2 turnovers. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when CSKA-Junior made 7 blocks. It was a great evening for forward Rostislav Gusev (204-2006) who led his team to a victory scoring 14 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks. Nikolay Natcvlishvili (198-2005) helped adding 15 points and 6 rebounds. CSKA-Junior’s coach Alexandr Gusev felt very confident that he used entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. The best for the losing side was center Anton Suschik (210-2005) with a double-double by scoring 13 points and 17 rebounds and point guard Arseniy Nikulin (188-2007) scored 9 points and 4 assists. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Top scorers:
CSKA-Junior: N.Natcvlishvili 15+6reb+1ast, R.Gusev 14+8reb+4ast, I.Bondarenko 10+7reb, S.Novikov 10+1reb+1ast, D.Radulov 9+4reb+3ast, Z.Lavrenov 9+7reb+1ast
Avtodor-2: A.Suschik 13+17reb+1ast, A.Nikulin 9+3reb+4ast, R.Gabaraev 7+4reb+2ast, P.Forsov 7+4reb+1ast, A.Novikov 5+3reb, Y.Teder 4+3reb+2ast
gschID: 1204747
Zenit-2 – Samara-2 86-71
Not a big story in a game in Saint Petersburg where Samara-2 (0-2) was defeated by Zenit-2 (2-0) 86-71 on Tuesday. Zenit-2 forced 23 Samara-2 turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 24 assists. It was a great evening for point guard Dmitriy Chikishev (173-2007) who led his team to a victory scoring 9 points, 14 assists and 5 steals. Forward Ivan Vasilev (202-2007) helped adding 19 points and 7 rebounds. The best for the losing side was forward Egor Amosov (197-2008) with 16 points and 4 assists and center Ivan Kasyanov (205-2005) scored 13 points. Four Samara-2 players scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Top scorers:
Zenit-2: I.Vasilev 19+7reb, A.Porotnikov 17+2ast, T.Komissarov 11+6reb+1ast, D.Chikishev 9+3reb+14ast, M.Presnyakov 6+1reb, T.Ivanov 6+4reb+1ast
Samara-2: E.Amosov 16+2reb+4ast, I.Kasyanov 13+4reb+3ast, B.Shuvakin 10+6reb+2ast, N.Kosyakov 10+4reb, I.Zaytcev 7+1reb+1ast, G.Marufov 6+7reb+1ast
gschID: 1204748
