VTB United league 2020/2021
Enisey
Krasnoyarsk
VTB United League, Regular season
24.01.2021, 16:00 Su
Arena: «Arena Sever» (Krasnoyarsk)
77:76
Main time
19:22 16:17 18:15 24:22
Game number: RS-91
Spectators: 478
Astana
Astana

«Astana» goes to Krasnoyarsk to play with «Enisey»

23.01.2021, 10:00    Просмотров: 336
Источник: Press service
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The basketball club «Astana» will hold its first away game in the new year in the framework of the VTB United League in Krasnoyarsk, where for the first time this season it will meet with the local «Enisey.» The match will take place on Sunday, January 24, at 16:00 Nur-Sultan time.

«Enisey» - is a Russian professional men's basketball club from the city of Krasnoyarsk, founded in 1981.
 
Achievements:
  • Champion of the «B» division of the Russian Super League — 2006
  • Silver medalist of the B division of the Russian Super League — 2004/2005, 2005/2006
  • Bronze medalist of the Russian Cup — 2011
 
Team roster:

“Enisey” in the offseason re-signed contracts with only six players, five of whom are Russian players and an American one. The import who has stayed in Krasnoyarsk is Dustin Hog. And of the Russian players, Artem Komissarov, Alexander Gudumak, Ivan Viktorov, Ilya Popov and Sergey Mitusov remained in the team. Among the key players who had left the Krasnoyarsk team are Croat Tomislav Zubchic, Serb Nikola Rebic, Americans Garlon Green and Chavon Lewis, as well as Russian Denis Zakharov, who moved to St. Petersburg “Zenit”.

Enisey basketball club 2020/2021

Four American players have joined the Krasnoyarsk team. Experienced guard Carron Johnson started his professional career in New Zealand with the New Zealand «Breakers», and then moved to Europe where he played for such teams as German «Riesen Ludwigsburg», French «Ruen», Polish «Dobrova Gornitsa», Italian «Pistoia”, The Romanian“ Klui ”, as well as the Israeli “Hapoel Be'er Sheva”. Guard Jordan Matthews made his professional debut with the «Erie BayHawks» in the NBA Development League, and then spent two seasons in Europe — Danish «FOG Naestved» and Italy's «Vanoli Cremona». Forward Leighton Hammonds before «Yenisey» had spent three seasons in European clubs: Finnish «Nokia», Hungarian «Kermend» and Polish «Gdynia Arka». Tyus Battle has previously spent only one season at the professional level with «Iowa Wolves» in the NBA Development League. Six Russian players also joined the team. Mikhail Kulagin started at «Triumph», and then moved to CSKA, where he spent the last five seasons. Center Sergei Balashov, before “Yenisey” played in “Lokomotiv-Kuban” and “Zenit”. Guard Timofey Yakushin is a graduate of the CSKA system, who started his professional career at Khimki and spent last season with PARMA. The team also announced three young players: guard Dmitry Sonko and forwards Ivan Vaschenko and Artem Schlegel.
 
Head coach:

The Krasnoyarsk coaching staff has not changed at all in comparison with the last season. The head coach of the Krasnoyarsk team is still the Croatian specialist Drazen Anzulovic, and the same Russian coaches Pavel Dergachev and Sergey Vasiliev assist him.

Drazen Anzulovic

Rival leaders:

At the moment, the most productive player of the team is Mikhail Kulagin, and the most effective is Dustin Hogh, although he did not participate in the last game. The team also includes imports Leighton Hammond, Tyus Battle and Carron Johnson. In addition, Artem Komassarov, Sergei Balashov, Ilya Popov and Sergei Mitusov constantly play on the court.
 
Tournament position:

“Enisey” has played 11 games this season and was able to win only one victory, as a result of which at the moment it closes the standings, being on the 13th line. “Astana” also played 11 games, but won 4 victories and is in the tenth position. It is also worth noting that «Yenisey» suffered six defeats in a row, and if in several games they imposed a fight, including away matches with «Avtodor» and «Nizhny Novgorod», where they lost only 6 and 4 points, respectively, then the last game, which took place in Krasnoyarsk against PARMA was a «disaster» for them — minus 34 points. “Astana” on the other hand is playing very well in the last games, first, our guys snatched an away victory in Perm, then lost at home, but imposed a fight on the current leaders of the tournament on Saint Petersburg “Zenit”, and this year began with a sensational victory over “Lokomotiv”.

Game history:​

“Astana” and “Enisey” have met 12 times and at the moment the score is 6: 6. But apart from this, the teams held a friendly match, and then the victory was won by “Astana”.
 
Interesting facts:
  • In the VTB United League, the teams have won the same number of victories in head-to-head games and in the friendly game, «Astana» got an upper hand. 
  • The last three meetings between these teams ended with victories of our team.
 
The match will take place on Sunday, January 24 in Krasnoyarsk at the «Sever Arena», beginning at 16:00 Nur-Sultan time. The online broadcast of the match will be available on our website in the Match Center section, as well as live on the QazSport TV channel.

Detailed information about the tournament, tournament tables, schedule, and match results are published in the Tournaments section.

«Astana» was one step away from winning the breathtaking ending of the away match against «Yenisey»

24.01.2021, 18:00    Просмотров: 319
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The away match of the basketball club «Astana» against Krasnoyarsk «Yenisey» was held in the best traditions of the thriller genre, during which the initiative repeatedly passed from one to another in an uncompromising struggle.
 
The jump ball remained with the hosts, but both teams failed to realize their first attacks. The score in the match was opened by the Krasnoyarsk team in their second attack, while “Astana” was in no hurry to score its first points. The first score was shot by Martins Meyers, who was accurate from the free-throw line, one and a half minutes after the start of the match. In the next attack, Michael Thompson scored the first three-pointer for our team, which brought the yellow-turquoise forward. In the remaining minutes of the first quarter, the hosts obviously slowed down in their game, and only our players — Thomas, Meyers and Silins demonstrated efficiency. At the equator of the first quarter, “Astana” was in the lead by 9 points. The Krasnoyarsk team finally interrupted their goalless pause, but by that time Adonis Thomas had already made the advantage of our team double-digit. The hosts spent the remaining time in the first quarter more successfully. Despite active pressing and effective attacks by Devin Marble and Jeremiah Hill, “Enisey” significantly reduced the gap and lost the first period with a three-point difference — 19:22. In the second quarter, the hosts in the first attack reduced the gap to a minimum, after which the game pattern changed markedly. The tense situation on the floor provoked the players of both teams to make multiple mistakes, and it was extremely difficult to score points. Closer to the middle of the period, “Enisey” was able to catch up with our team and equalize the score, but Michael Thompson again brought “Astana” ahead, though not for long. The opponents realized a three-pointer and took the lead for the first time in the quarter. A minute later, Ojars Silins scored his three-pointer and “Astana” again seized the initiative. Devin Marble consolidated our position, who was also accurate from the paint. The coaching staff of Krasnoyarsk took a time-out, but the hosts could not change the course of the game after it. “Astana”, although not by much, was in the lead until the end of the first half, and the final score of the first half was set by Jeremiah Hill — 35:39.
 
Anton Ponomarev

It is evident that our team did not have a comfortable advantage, and this was immediately proved by our rivals, having reduced the gap to one point at the start of the third period. “Enisey” was very active in the first minutes after the long break, they were especially good at long-range shots. Two minutes later from the beginning of the third quarter, “Astana” was already losing five points. Now our basketball players were catching up, while they did not allow their rivals to break away even more, but they could not catch up with them. When in the sixth minute of the quarter “Yenisey” realized another attack and was in the lead by six points, Emil Rajkovic had to intervene and used his time-out. After a tactical pause until the end of the quarter, “Enisey” was able to organize only one effective three-pointer, and this turned out to be the only successful attack of the opponents during this time. Meanwhile, Silins, Gavrilov and Tomas were very effective in our squad, and Hill at the very end of the period again brought the Kazakh team forward — 53:54. Such a struggle predicted a very nervous and intriguing ending, and the first minutes of the final quarter proved this. “Yenisey” managed to take the lead once again, but Meyers quickly brought back the leadership to “Astana”. Bazhin, five minutes before the end of the match, brought the advantage to four points, and after a three-pointer from Ojars Silins, the teams were already divided by five points. In the next two and a half minutes, the players of “Astana” got themselves into a difficult situation, when their lead of five points was replaced by a lag of seven just 47 seconds before the final buzzer. Emil Rajkovic again took a minute break to try to fix a difficult situation. Jeremiah Hill sent an alley-up to Meyers, who, in turn, delivered the ball to the goal. Jeremiah continued to be active, forcing opponents to make a loss and shooting from a long distance. The ball did not reach the goal, but Martins was on the safe side and scored two more points. With 22 seconds left, “Astana” was losing only three points and the time-out was already used by the rivals' mentor. Jeremiah did not trying and made an important steal in 12 seconds, sent his team to the attack. We would be only satisfied with an accurate three-pointer, while “Yenisey” had the opportunity to foul and send our player to the penalty line, where he could make only two throws, which naturally was not part of our team's plans. Still, a player from the opposing camp fouled with five seconds left, but it turned out to be very tough. The referees went to watch the video repeat of the moment, and it was essential because if they give an unsportsmanlike foul, then in addition to two free throws from Michael Thompson, the possession will remain with our team. Everything was in our favour, the referees gave an unsportsmanlike foul to the player of “Yenisey”, and Thompson was twice accurate from the free-throw line and there were still five seconds left to attack and the gap was only one point. Meyers got the ball and made a difficult fadeaway shot, the ball treacherously bounced off the rim but did not fall into the basket, and no one was on the safe side — 77:76 — a lost victory.

Consequences: «Astana» remains on the tenth line of the standings and still lags behind the playoff zone, and the second victory of “Yenisey» in the season allows them to move up a line and leave the last place.
 

Most productive:
  • «Enisey» — Tayus Battle became the most effective and efficient player of the whole game — 22 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists. Dustin Hoge scored a double-double — 13 points, 12 rebounds.
  • «Astana» — Adonis Thomas scored 15 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists. Martins Meyers also earned 15 points and added 6 rebounds and a block-shot to this. On account of Ojars Silins, there are 11 points and 7 rebounds. Michael Thompson scored 9 points, made 3 rebounds, 6 assists. Jeremiah Hill had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.
 
The head coach of «Astana» — Emil Rajkovic:
- It is very difficult to lose in such games, especially when you are in control of the game. For 25 minutes, our actions on the court were logical and meaningful. However, at the end of the game, for one reason or another, we lost concentration in defence, made mistakes, and this was one of the main reasons for the defeat.
 
The head coach of «Yenisey» — Drazen Anzulovic:
- I congratulate my players on the victory. This is a great victory for us, especially after the problems we had during the season. I cannot say that I am satisfied with the quality of the game shown. However, my players deserve respect for the desire, passion and struggle that they showed on the court. But at the same time, it must be said that objectively now we are not able to gain the necessary physical level of the game in order to show the game that I would be happy with. Thanks to the fans for coming to the game. We were able to win this match thanks to you. Thank you again for supporting the team!
 
Next match: In connection with the restrictive measures introduced in the capital, the home series of the capital team against the «Almaty Legion» within the framework of the National League, scheduled for January 26 and 27, will be held in Shchuchinsk at the neutral site of the «Zhaksy 2» sports base. The next rival of the capital's team in the VTB United League is «Avtodor» from Saratov, which will meet again on January 31 in Nur-Sultan.

Detailed information about the tournament, tournament tables, schedule, and match results are published in the Tournaments section.

Information about the opponent

Established year: 1981 Team colors: white, dark blue
Country: Russia Arena: «Arena Sever»
City: Krasnoyarsk Website: www.basket-enisey.ru

Description

«Enisey» -  is a Russian professional men's basketball team from Krasnoyarsk, founded in 1981.
 
Achievements:
  • Champion of division «B» of the Russian Super League — 2006
  • Solver medalist of division «B» of the Russian Super League — 2004/2005, 2005/2006
  • Bronze medalist of the Cup of Russia — 2011

Overall team photo

Enisey