CSKA beat MBA at home — 110:78 (25:24, 32:18, 24:17, 29:19).
The best scorers
CSKA: Alexey Shved (17), Dallas Moore (14), Livio Jean-Charles (12 + 7 rebounds + 5 assists + 3 steals), Dejan Davidovac (12), Nikola Milutinov (11 + 7 rebounds), Casper Ware (10), Anton Astapkovich (10)
MBA: Andrey Lopatin (16), Aleksandr Khomenko (11)
Game progress
Today’s game brought two Top-3 teams , who have not lost yet. But if it was obvious for CSKA, then MBA shocked at the beginning of the season.
At the start of the Moscow derby, MBA demonstrated that they did not afraid of one of the League grandee. 7 points in a row from Daniil Kasatkin, and-one by Ilya Platonov — and MBA took the lead. Casper Ware and Anton Astapkovich three-pointers helped CSKA to slow down the newcomers pace, but the Army team lead was minimal after the first quarter – 25:24.
At the beginning of the second quarter, CSKA proved that 3 is more than 2 again. 4 three-pointers made in a row led to double-digit lead – 38:26. MBA offensive game completely went wrong, as a result CSKA several times had a chance to make 20 points lead. And yet, at the end of the first half, Andrey Lopatin responded with his ex-team methods, three-pointers. So MBA had a chance to come back to the game after a halftime.
The guests started the second half very actively. Another three from Lopatin, Vladislav Sharapov lay-up – and only 10 points CSKA led. However, the Army team recovered immediately. Alexey Shved and Casper Ware got the difference back and after Dallas Moore made shot MBA trailed by 20 points for the first time in the game – 70:49. In the last quarter, CSKA systematically increased thelead and did not allow the guests to make a come back. The Army team and UNICS remain the only League teams going undefeated.
Hero
Livio Jean-Charles. The French showed he is a versatile player: in 20 minutes on the floor, he collected impressive stats — 12 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.
Numbers
110 points is the performance best in the 2022/23 season. 7 CSKA players scored more than 10 points.
What’s next
CSKA: road gameagainst Avtodor October 23
MBA: road game against PARMA-PARI on October 24
