CSKA defeated Samara at home —113:60 (31:19, 27:4, 38:22, 17:15).
Game progress
The hosts began to show dominance from the start. High efficiency resulted in 31 points in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Moscow team slowed down a little, but almost completely turned off the guests offense (4 points in quarter), quickly took a huge lead and continued to increase it.
After the halftime, Samara managed to overcome its offensive drought, but this did not help to restore the game. CSKA had a highly efficient stretch, approaching 100 points before the start of the final quarter. The Moscow team did not play for stats, with only Samson Ruzhentsev from the starting five having more than 20 minutes.
The win put the Moscow team at 1st place in the standings, and the 113 points matched the season-high, set by Zenit.
X-factor
CSKA made 58.8% field-goals and 50% (16 of 32) three-pointers. Samara responded with 37.9% and 27.6%.
Facts
The rivalry history score is 10-0, CSKA leads.
The 53-point win is the biggest in rivalry history and also a new record for the current VTB League season.
Antonius Cleveland scored a career-high 19 points for CSKA.
Leaders
CSKA: Melo Trimble (24), Antonius Cleveland (19), Livio Jean-Charles (17), Casper Ware (14)
Samara: Andrey Savrasov (14)
What’s next
CSKA: December 17 on the road against Uralmash
Samara: December 17 at home versus Enisey.
