VTB - League, Krylia denied by Zenit

VTB - League, Krylia denied by Zenit

Zenit St. Petersburg defeated Krasnye Krylia in Samara, 86-84. After a sloppy 2nd quarter, Samara erased a double-digit deficit, but failed to finish off the upset. Zenit pulls out the victory, the team's 5th in a row. This game provided an excellent opportunity for Vasily Karasev's men to tie Lokomotiv-Kuban in the standings and fine-tune things heading into the postseason. Krasnye Krylia hoped to take revenge for its loss to Zenit earlier in the season. A win would also have allowed Samara to escape last place.

Top Performers
Krasnye Krylia: Evgeny Fidii - 20 points, 10 rebounds; Alexander Gudumak - 15 points, seven rebounds; Viktor Zaryazhko - 12 points; Vitaly Zuev - 12 points; Anton Glazunov - 11 points, eight rebounds, six assists.

Zenit: Dejan Borovnjak - 18 points, 10 rebounds; Artem Vikhrov - 14 points, seven assists; Anton Komolov - 14 points; Dmitry Kulagin - seven points, six rebounds.