Uralmash center Ilia Popov set career-high in scoring and efficiency and made a significant contribution to the Yekaterinburg team win over Lokomotiv Kuban – 95:91.
Ilia scored:
– 26 points (10 of 10 FGM)
– 6 rebounds
– 2 assists
– 40 eff. points
Popov became the 10th player in the League history and the first Russian player to take 10+ shots from the game without a single miss.
He also became the 3rd Russian bigman to record 40 eff. points in the VTB League game.