Today, the basketball players of «Astana» went to Moscow. Tomorrow, on January 15 the team  will play a game against «Khimki» in the frames of VTB United League championship.

Khimki occupy 4 th place in the standings of VTB, having 8 wins in 11 games. It is going to be a very difficult test for our team.

Head coach of PBC «Astana» Ilias Papatheodorou commented on the upcoming game with «Khimki»: «This is one of the best teams in the VTB League. The team gathered outstanding players, under command of  Mr. Ivanovic. This is a very strong European prfessional. We have a very difficult game, but we will try to make every possible effort. «

Let us inform you game will take place on the road. The broadcasting of the game is available at the VTB United League website at 20:00 pm, as well as on Kazsport channel live. The game starts at 19.50 pm, Astana time.

Russian «Khimki» defeated Kazakhstan «Astana» on its court — 83:66 (23:17, 16:17, 21:18, 23:14)
 
Even in the middle of the third quarter the score in a game was equal — 44:44. The u-turn of the game took place after three-pointers in a row, shot by Khimki, which left the guests trailing behind. In the final quarter, «Khimki», thanks to the actions of Alexey Shved, Yegor Vyaltsev and Robbie Hummel, grasped the advantage of the score 12: 2, and finally closed the question about the winner of the game.
 
Best scorers:
 
«Khimki»: Alexey Shved (23 + 11 assists), Marko Todorovic (15 + 18 rebounds), Vyacheslav Zaitsev (10), Robbie Hummel (10)
 
«Astana»: Robert Lowry (18 + 5 assists), Ousman Krubally (10 + 5 rebounds), Dimitrios Katsivelis (10 + 6 assists)


 
«Astana» will hold the next home game on January 21. The capital team will host St. Petersburg «Zenit» of the VTB United League.