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Russian basketball player “Zenit” scored CSKA from his penalty under the siren

20-year-old Egor Evstafiev completed a precise throw in the last second of the first quarter from his penalty line

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Russian basketball player “Zenit” scored CSKA from his penalty under the siren

20-year-old forward of St. Petersburg “Zenit” Egor Evstafiev scored across the court in the last second of the first quarter of the match of the basketball United League VTB.

The game takes place in Moscow.

Evstafiev got a pass after CSKA executed free throws. The forward immediately sent the ball to the basket of opponents from his penalty line, the hit was counted.

The first segment of the meeting ended with a score of 25:21 in favor of CSKA.

Evstafiev is the champion of the VTB United Youth League (2024, 2026), the most valuable player of the “final four” youth tournament in 2026.

CSKA leads in the table of the VTB League, Zenit has the fourth line.

Source: РБК ↗

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