Raimundo Sargūno Cup
Astana
Astana
Raimundo Sargūno Cup, Play-offs 1/2 final
13.09.2021, 19:30 Mon
Arena: Cido Arena (Panevėžys)
77:66
Main time
23:19 19:4 16:14 19:29
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Spectators: 0
Ogre
Ogre

«Astana» started with a victory in the Raimundo Sarguno Cup

13.09.2021, 22:30    Просмотров: 140
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Basketball club «Astana» began its performance at the pre-season tournament Raimundo Sarguno Cup in Lithuania. The rival of our team in the semifinals was the Latvian team “Ogre” from the city of the same name.

The Raimundo Sarguno Cup is an annual tournament held by the Lithuanian basketball club «Lietkabelis». This year in the tournament there are a few participants: the hosts themselves,  the Lithuanian team «Lietkabelis», Kazakhstani «Astana», Latvian «Ogre» and Estonian «Parnu Sadam». Lithuanians and Estonians will compete to enter the final of the tournament, and “Astana” will challenge the right to play in the final with the Latvian “Ogre”. The Latvian team has been taking part in the main Latvian championship since the 2015/2016 season and for the last few years they have been a regular participant in the semifinal games. According to the results of the last season 2019/2020 “Ogre” became the silver medalist of Latvia. In addition, the team took part in the Baltic League. Until that moment, the Latvian team and “Astana” did not meet on the court either in official matches or in any other games, so this was the first meeting of the teams in history.


 
“Astana” at the start of the game set a very good pace, with which the rivals at first absolutely could not cope. The advantage of the Kazakh team became double-digit after the first five minutes. The Latvians did not give up and had a very good second half of the first period, eventually losing in 10 minutes, only 4 points — 23:19. Our guys, in the second period, once again picked up the pace and quickly regained a double-digit lead. “Ogre” were able to score only 4 points in the first five minutes of the quarter, and as it turned out, that is how much they would score for the entire period. For “Astana” the whole second quarter became extremely successful, especially in defense, and as a result they gained +19 before the second half of the game — 42:23. The third period was held on equal terms, and Kazakhstanis confidently kept their comfortable advantage. Before the final period, the handicap of Darko Russo's team exceeded 20 points, which made it possible to feel comfortable in the last ten minutes. The Latvians did their best to turn the tide and they managed to quite noticeably reduce the gap, but “Astana” controlled the overall situation and although they lost quite a lot in the fourth quarter, they eventually won a landslide victory — 77:66.
 
Kazakhstani players were more effective in scoring today, and also controlled the game under the glass, collecting 12 more rebounds. As part of the Kazakh team, Anthony Hickey scored the most points in the team — 16, and he also performed 5 rebounds,  5 assists and made 7 steals. Jayen Burford scored 15 points and 4 rebounds. Mark Tikhonenko was close to a double-double — 9 rebounds and 12 points, and Maxim Marchuk gained 10 points.
 
“Astana”, having won, entered the finals of the Raimundo Sarguno Cup, and their rival will be the hosts — Lithuanian “Lietkabelis”, who beat the Estonian “Parnu Sadam” with a score of 82:77. The final match will take place tomorrow — September 14, beginning at 22:00 Nur-Sultan time, and before that the Latvian “Ogre” and the Estonian “Parnu Sadam” will compete for the third place. 
Schedule and results of pre-season friendly matches of PBC «Astana»:
  • September 9 — «Juventus», Utena — 58:91
  • September 11 — «Labas GAS», Prienai — 62:62
  • September 17 — «CBet», Jonava
  • September 18 — «VEF», Riga

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Established year: 2014 Team colors:
Country: Latvia Arena:
City: Ogre Website:

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