It finally happened – CSKA Moscow have lost a basketball game, with Khimki ending the Armymen’s 17-game unbeaten streak in style in the Moscow Region. Former NBA star Andrey Kirilenko was ineffective in his brief return to the court, and scored no points in seven minutes of action. “The coach and I agreed that I’ll [...]
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December 11, 2011
December 9, 2011
Kirilenko in two minds on NBA return
With the NBA season getting underway later this month, Russia’s best basketball player Andrey Kirilenko, who currently plays for CSKA Moscow, has a decision to make – should he stay, or should he go. In 1999, Kirilenko became not only the first Russian to be picked in the first round of the NBA draft, but [...]
November 17, 2011
CSKA unstoppable in Euroleague
Basketball powerhouse CSKA Moscow have improved their record in this season’s Euroleague after winning their fifth match in as many games. The Muscovites took care of their Group B Spanish rivals Unicaja in the Russian capital, 77-66. Serbian Milos Teodosic top scored for the Army Men with 19 points, also adding four assists on the [...]
November 1, 2011
Kirilenko named Euroleague’s MVP for October
CSKA Moscow forward Andrey Kirilenko has been declared the most valuable player in the Basketball Euroleague in October. The Armymen maintain a 100 percent result in the competition after two wins in as many games, with Kirilenko the key figure on the court. Euroleague’s official website has called the 30-year-old’s display in the opener against [...]
September 18, 2011
Eurobasket bronze goes to Russia
Russia’s point guard Aleksey Shved scored the last four points of the game against Macedonia to give his team the bronze medal at the Eurobasket. The 22-year-old sank a short jumper with 27 seconds left and made two free throws after Macedonia’s Damjan Stojanovski missed a short jumper with seven seconds left. A few moments [...]
September 18, 2011
France denies Russia Eurobasket final
France and Spain will contest the European basketball championship final and have qualified for next year’s Olympics in London. Les Bleus defeated Russia 79-71 in Friday’s late game to reach their first-ever EuroBasket final. Their main star Tony Parker got 22 points, and Nicolas Batum supported his teammate with an all-action line of 19 points, [...]
September 15, 2011
Kirilenko & Co. unstoppable so far in Lithuania
Team Russia has taken sweet revenge against Serbia for their Eurobasket 2009 quarterfinal loss, beating the friendly Slavs 77-67 to secure a semifinal encounter against France. Dusan Ivkovic’s men started smoothly 4-0 before the Russians responded with a 12-3 rally. As it later turned out, it was the first and last time the Balkan team [...]