The team of the coach of the Zenit St. Petersburg basketball club, Javier Pascual, defeated the team of the coach of the CSKA Moscow Emil Raikovich on February 18 in the All-Star Game of the VTB United League.
The match was played in Moscow at the VTB Arena stadium and ended with a score of 134:120 (31:28, 35:31, 24:32,44:29) in favor of Pascual’s team.
Winners included: Amat M’Bye (24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists), Jeremiah Martin (18 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Jeremiah Hill (16 points, 1 assist).
Raikovich’s team includes DeVon Akun-Purcell (44 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists), Xavier Ratten-Mays (17 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists), Andrei Vorontsevich (14 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist).
At the end of the match, Krasnodar Lokomotiv-Kuban basketball player Akun-Purcell was recognized as the most valuable player of the match and received a prize of 500 thousand rubles.
Recall that the VTB United League All-Star Game was held for the first time in 2017.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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