Tallinn “Kalev” / ”Cramo” led by Latvian basketball coach Roberts Sttelmaher, represented by Jānis Kaufmanis and whose coaching staff Akselis Vairogs work on Sunday celebrated a sensational victory in the United League game. With the result 107: 102 (21:25, 20:23, 27:31, 39:23), the Tallinners beat one of the strongest teams in Europe, CSKA Moscow, represented by Jānis Strēlnieks

For the first time in the history of the United League, Kalev / Cramo was superior to CSKA, and for the Russian club it was the fourth loss in a row when the VTB League and ULEB Euroleague games. Kaufman spent eight minutes and 39 seconds on the court on Sunday, during which he did not throw the basket, but won one rebound, passed once, intercepted one ball, broke twice the rules and scored three efficiency points

Meanwhile, Sagittarius scored four points in the five minutes and nine seconds he played, sending one of the two two-point shots and both “penalties” to the basket. He also managed to return one effective pass, make one mistake, break the rules once, provoke one note and accumulate three efficiency coefficient points.

In the Tallinn team with 26 points, six rebounds and eight assists, Marcus Kines scored, 24 points for Maurice Kemp and 21 points for Janari Joesar. In the Moscow team, which did not save its leading players, Deran Hilard was the most productive with 38 points. CSKA is in third place in the tournament table with ten victories in 14 games, but “Kalev” / “Cramo” is in 12th position with three successes in 13 battles.

Meanwhile, Tom Leimanis scored two points, but Klāvs Čavars did not play until the Minsk “Tsmoki” with Edmunds Valeiko coached in his team with the result 73:99 (19:20, 16:25, 20:24 , 18:30) acknowledged the superiority of St. Petersburg’s “Zenit”. Leimanis played for 17 minutes and eight seconds, during which he took one of three two-point shots, but did not hit his only “threesome”. He also made four assists, made one mistake, intercepted one ball, blocked one throw, broke five rules, provoked one remark and scored four efficiency points

Kriss Klaibērn scored 23 points in the Minsk team, but Billy Beiron scored 20 points for the winners. “Tsmoki” with two victories in 14 games in the tournament table takes the last, 13th place. As in the previous season, 13 teams will start in this regular tournament – nine from Russia, as well as one unit each from Estonia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Poland. For the second season in a row, the VEF Rīga team is not participating in the tournament. The 2019/2020 league season ended prematurely due to a pandemic caused by the coronavirus, without finding out the champion. At the time of the termination of the championship, the first place was taken by the Moscow region “Khimki”, but the second place was taken by the Moscow CSKA.