VTB United league 2021/2022
Astana
Astana
VTB United League, Regular season
10.12.2021, 19:30 Fr
Arena: Velotrek «Saryarka» (Astana)
80:87
Over time
28:18 7:16 21:12 14:24 10:17
Game number: RS-48
Spectators: 0
Enisey
Krasnoyarsk

Astana will play its last VTB United League home game this year against «Enisey»

09.12.2021, 10:00    Просмотров: 139
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Almost two months later, the VTB United League is returning to Kazakhstan — the basketball club «Astana» will host the Krasnoyarsk «Enisey». The match will take place in Nur-Sultan at the arena of the Saryarka cycle track on Friday, December 10, starting at 19:30 Nur-Sultan time. Tickets are on sale at Ticketon.kz.

! ATTENTION — We ask all fans to carefully read the Rules for visiting home matches. The entrance to the arena will be carried out only through the Northern entrance (from the side of Orynbor street, opposite the gas station).

«Enisey» - is a Russian professional men's basketball club from the city of Krasnoyarsk, founded in 1981. In addition to the VTB United League, he participated in the FIBA ​​European Cup this season, but was left behind after the qualifying round.

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

Basketball Club Enisey 2021/2022

Roster: 
 
Americans Leighton Hammond, Kerron Johnson, Jordan Matthews, Tyus Battle, and Dustin Hogue left the team in the offseason. Three Russian players also did not stay in «Yenisei» — Artem Komissarov, Ilya Popov, and Mikhail Kulagin, who was the only one of the departed players of the Krasnoyarsk team to stay in the VTB United League — he moved to «Nizhny Novgorod.» On the other hand, six players of the last season remained in the team, and all six Russians — Alexander Gudumak, Ivan Viktorov, Sergey Balashov, Sergey Mitusov, Timofey Yakushin, and Dmitry Sonko.
 
Four American players have joined the Yenisei squad this season; three made their debut in the VTB United League. Forward Darral Willis played for Nizhny Novgorod in the 19/20 season and began his professional career at «Kerasnos,» Cyprus, with which he became the champion and winner of the Cyprus Cup. Last season started in Monaco and ended at Italian «Brescia.» A seasoned guard Caspian Weir has tried his hand in the NBA summer leagues with «Detroit Pistons,» «Houston Rockets,» and «Brooklyn Nets,» and even signed a ten-day deal with the Philadelphia «Seventy Sixers» during the primary NBA season. Although this is his career in The NBA was over. In Europe, he played in the Italian squads «Novipyu Casale Monferrato» and «Virtus Bologna,» the German «EVE Baskets Oldenburg,» the French «ASVEL» and the Polish «Stal Ostrov.» He also played in China in «Tianjin Ronggan» and Australia «Melbourne United» and «Sydney Kings.» During his career, he became the champion of France and Australia, as well as the winner of the German Cup. A guard Rayon Brown started his career in Israel, in «Hapoel Tel Aviv,» and then played in the Belgian team «Excelsior Brussels,» the Finnish «Cataye» Cateyeh which he became the champion of Finland, the French «ZhDA Dijon,» the Greek «Promiteas Patras» and «Panathinaikos,» the Turkish «Tofashe» and the Slovenian «Cedevita Olympia,» in which he became the champion of the Slovenian Cup. A guard Brighton Lemar marked the start of his professional career with the French team «Nancy Basket» and then played for the French «Caen Basket,» Hungarian «Soproni,» Polish «Start Lublin,» Turkish «Gaziantep» and Italian «Reggiana.» In addition, five players with Russian citizenship joined the Krasnoyarsk team. Forward Vladislav Trushkin, in the 16/17 season, already played for «Yenisei.» Before that, there were «Sparta and K,» «Dynamo Moscow,» and «Spartak Vladivostok.» In VTB United League, Vladislav, in addition to «Yenisei,» played a season for «UNICS» and three in «Zenit.» Center Alexander Vinnik, from the start of his career, AS played seven seasons in «PARMA,» then one season in «NN.» Last season he was with Samara in the Russian Super League. Forward Alexei Babushkin started in the «Sparta and K» team and then spent four seasons at «Zenit.» Still, during this time, Alexei was on loan with «Temp SUMZ-UMMC,» «Spartak «(SPB), and «Irkut.» Then he spent the season at Spartak (SPB) and then at «Avtodor.» Last season, he again spent in the Super League as part of the «MBA.» A guard Timofey Gerasimov started in the Lokomotiv-Kuban system. He played for the primary team and the farm — «Lokomotiv-Kuban TsOP» and last year in Nizhny Novgorod. A guard Alexander Ershov is a graduate of CSKA. Before that, he was in the team's application for the VTB United League season (CSKA) but has not played a single game yet.

Drazen Anzulovich

Head coach: The coaching staff of the Krasnoyarsk team has not changed compared to last season. The head coach of the Krasnoyarsk team is still the Croatian specialist Drazen Anzulovich, and all the same Russian coaches Pavel Dergachev and Sergey Vasiliev help him.

Rival leaders: The team is led by Americans Darral Willis and Casper Weir, as well as Rayon Brown — these three players averaged nearly 60 points per game. In addition, the team includes Brinton Lemar, Timofey Gerasimov, Sergey Balashov and Alexey Babushkin. In addition, Alexander Gudumak, Ivan Viktorov and Sergey Mitusov spend more than ten minutes of the game on the court.

Standing position: Enisey played six games this season. Our future rivals started with an away victory over “Kalev”, after which they lost three points at home to UNICS. Then Krasnoyarsk lost big at home to Zenit, lost to Loko on the road, did not cope with Avtodor at home and literally three days ago, again lost to Zenit on their floor. The Krasnoyarsk team is now on the tenth line, and “Astana”, after two wins in six games, is on the ninth position in the standings.

History of meetings: Enisey won two victories last season over the capital's team, as a result of which they are ahead of Astana in the VTB United League in the face-to-face race with a score of 8: 6.

Interesting Facts: Bookmakers in this meeting see the Kazakh team as the winner, but they do not give much preference to it.

The match will take place in Nur-Sultan on the arena of the Saryarka cycle track on Friday, December 10, beginning at 19:30 Nur-Sultan time. Online broadcast of the game will be available on the main page of our website.

The entrance to the arena will be carried out only through the Northern entrance (from the side of Orynbor street, opposite the gas station).



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

«Astana» could not break the character of «Yenisei» in overtime

11.12.2021, 00:00    Просмотров: 216
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For almost two months, the «Saryarka» cycle track «stood idle,» and today, the stands were whole again, and «Astana» played the second home game of the season. The Krasnoyarsk team “Enisey” came to visit Nur-Sultan. In the next match, Darko Russo trusts the start of the game to the same players — Jaylen Barford, Anthony Hickey, Skylar Spencer, Antonio Campbell, and Maxim Marchuk.
 
The guests won the jumping ball and immediately opened the score in the game with an accurate throw from beyond the arc. But we didn't have to wait long for our players — Jaylen Barford earned the first points for «Astana» in the game, and then Anthony Hickey brought the capital's team forward. Hickey and Barford implemented a couple more attacks, and the hosts were leading by five points. «Enisey» won back its lag by the middle of the period, but then there was a three-pointer streak — Antonio Campbell again brought «Astana» forward. Still, a distant response from the rivals immediately came. Maxim Marchuk scored again from beyond the arc and got our team in the lead again. The competitors came close, but Campbell's long-range throw let down, and then Burford's 2 points brought six points for «Astana.» However, the opponents did not give up their positions and successfully «fired» from a distance. Another three points from Antonio Campbell and two from Anthony Hickey and Nikolay Bazhin brought our advantage to double-digit for the first time. After a powerful dunk from the opponents, Hickey stole the ball and realized a quick lead in the last seconds of the period — 28:18.
An excellent game in the first quarter bore fruit, and our team looked good in the second quarter. A double-digit figure separated the teams for the first three minutes, although during this time, only Jaylen Barford was able to score a three-pointer in this game. None of the Astana players could distinguish himself. «Enisey» rebuilt their game and put pressure all over the court, and played very effectively in defense. Our attack noticeably «stalled,» and our scoreboard numbers slowly changed. The opponent was able to cut the gap in half. Oleg Balashov opened his scoring in the game by realizing a free throw right after the equator of the second quarter. Krasnoyarsk players equalized the score after more than three minutes of a goalless pause from «Astana.» Barford interrupted the lull and again brought «Astana» to the lead, but not for long — 30 seconds before the big break, the score was again equal. And yet the last points, or rather a point, were in favor of our team — Jaelen converted a free throw- 35:34. Although even looking at the score, we can say that the first half was equal, the statistics showed the same after two periods. «Astana» threw a little better from the field, but «Enisey» balanced it with free throws; according to other indicators, the game was also relatively equal.

Jaylen Barford
 
Darko Russo made adjustments during the long break, which were beneficial to our team. They got off to a great start in the second half with a 9-0 snatch. Barford, Hickey, Marchuk, and Campbell took part in this sprint. Kazakhstan's advantage was double-digit again before the guests opened their score. «Astana» continued to go into the lead, again distinguished themselves by Jaylen Barford and Maxim Marchuk. In the middle of the third period, our pace dropped noticeably, but our opponents could not find their game either — for three minutes, the game went on without points. The rivals interrupted this pause, but Skylar Spencer immediately scored his first points in the match with an effective dunk. «Enisey» became more active at the end of the third period, but points from Spencer, Tikhonenko, and Marchuk retained a double-digit handicap after thirty minutes of the game — 56:46. The fourth quarter started quite promising; apart from two points from rivals at the beginning of the period, Burford earned three points, and Spencer and Tikhonenko scored two each. Our advantage reached fifteen points. In the middle of the period, the competitors did their best to turn the tide of the match, but points from Barford and Campbell kept our advantage in the region of 14-13 points. The plus thirteen gap was quite comfortable with four minutes left, but the next three minutes were unfortunate. «Enisey» sharpened the intrigue to the utmost and at the beginning of the last minute was only 4 points behind. Antonio Campbell realized the alley-oop. There was not much time left, about thirty seconds, and 6 points, although the lag was not quite comfortable, still played in our favor. But then the «and one» from the rivals followed, and the difference was reduced to three points. «Enisey» already some time ago started playing aggressively in offense and then made our team make a very unnecessary mistake when throwing in the ball into the field, which cost us a considerable price. «Enisey» took advantage of the chance, scoring from behind the arc and leveling the score. «Astana» still had a lot of time to regain the lead, but it did not work out to use its chances wisely. «Enisei» could also not use the remaining seconds, and the game continued into overtime — 70:70.

The teams invariably realized the first attacks in extra time, the guests began scoring in overtime, and «Astana» was in the catch-up role. Nikolay Bazhin and Antonio Campbell were gaining points, and Anthony Hickey brought «Astana» ahead for the first time in overtime. The teams exchanged effective attacks, and the role of the leader, Bazhin distinguished himself in our squad, but in the end, «Enisey» was able to come off a little. The five points difference was not critical, but missing in the ending only worsened our situation. Jaylen Barford scored a couple more points, but that was not enough, and «Astana» lost — 80:87.
 
 
Most productive:
  • «Astana» — Jaylen Barford, after an unsuccessful game in Estonia, showed today the game at his usual high level — 26 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals. Antonio Campbell was very good in the first period, scoring three long shots, and was effective throughout the game — 17 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists. Skylar Spencer scored only 5 points today but picked up 12 bounces, while 6 under competitor's basket; in addition, he gave 2 assists and blocked opponents twice. Anthony Hickey was not as effective today as in previous games but still scored very decent numbers — 11 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 steals, 1 block shot. Maksim Marchuk, as always, took on a lot of rough work and scored 9 points and 5 rebounds, but due to too many fouls, he could not help the team at the end of the game. Finally, Nikolay Bazhin scored 6 points and 6 rebounds.
  • «Enisey» — Oleksandr Gudumak and Rayon Brown played a decisive game against the opponents, who, by the way, scored more points at the end of regular time, moving the match into overtime. Casper Weir and Vladislav Trushkin also had an excellent game.

«Astana» head coach — Darko Russo:
- Unfortunately, we have lost the game. I don't know how many points you need to score with a minute left to win. With 50 seconds left, we won 6 points, but Enisey managed to equalize the score. When we played fast and made quick decisions, we scored easy points in the fast break. When we slowed down the game, tried to act effectively, or to impress the public, we gave «Yenisei» the opportunity to return to the game. I am very upset as we should have won.
 
«Enisey» head coach — Drazen Anzulovic:
- Congratulations to my team; this is a great victory for us. It is always challenging to play against «Astana» on their home court, especially this season. We approached this game with respect and hoped to win. We didn't start the match the way we wanted, especially on defense. In the second quarter, everything was perfect, we controlled the course of the game, and in the third, quarter we had problems again. However, we showed character and fighting spirit, returned to the game, and secured a significant victory.
 
Consequences: «Astana» gave way to «Enisey» in the standings, dropping to the tenth position.
 
Next match: Literally in a day, Kostanay «Tobol» will come to the capital to visit our team to play the second two-league series in the National League on December 12 and 13. The next rival of «Astana» in the VTB United League will be «Parma-Parimatch», which will meet in Perm on December 19.
 
 
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