CSKA beat Astana at home and extended the record winning streak to 21 games – 100:72 (30:15, 30:21, 27:24, 13:12).
Game progress
CSKA (20-0) and Astana (4-16) were on the 1st and 11th places in the standings. The Army team had a current record winning streak (20), the Kazakh team defeated MINSK last game.
CSKA will play against the reigning champion Zenit next Friday. The Moscow team started to play seriously from the first quarter scored 30 points in 10 minutes — 30:15.
In the second quarter, Astana entered the game, but CSKA had good shooting percentage and rebounds dominance, led by 24 after the first half.
In the second half, the Moscow team allowed everyone to play to not overload the leaders, which did not prevent the team to control the game and win it. CSKA gets the 21st win in a row (and the 12th game with 100 points scored) since the start of the season – the team remains undefeated .
Key factor
The 2023 has just begun and the Kazakh team has a very busy schedule. The game in Moscow was the fourth for Astana in 10 days, which contributed the quality of the game.
Fact
The Moscow team started the season with 21 wins and lead the League in points (98.3), rebounds (38.8), assists (24.9) and shooting percentage (55.0%).
Leaders
CSKA: Nikola Milutinov (15 + 11 rebounds), Anton Astapkovich (13 + 7 rebounds), Alexey Shved (13 + 5 assists), Dallas Moore (13)
Astana: Markell Johnson (20), Michael Myers (12 + 7 rebounds)
Next games
CSKA: home game against Zenit on January 20
Astana: road game versus Lokomotiv Kuban on January 20
