«Astana» and «Caspiy» played the third game in the regular season of the National League. The capital team was a clear favorite in the match, significantly outperforming Aktau rivals in the ranking.
The course of the game: «Astana» seized the initiative in the match from the first minutes. Even before the equator of the first period, their advantage reached twenty points. The second half of the first period went better for «Caspiy» than the first one, and it was able to win back part of the gap, but, as a result, lost the starting quarter — 29:16. In the second quarter, the hosts confidently kept the lead in their hands. Their advantage again reached twenty points, and eventually passed this milestone. The Aktau team also lost the second game segment and at the end of the first half of the match, their backlog was twenty-four points — 49:25. The first five minutes after the change of sides became extremely ineffective. The capital's team was able to score only four points, and «Caspiy» two. But in the remaining time of the quarter the Aktau team could no longer score more points, on the other hand, “Astana” was quite active and won with a score of 70:27 before the final ten minutes. There was no intrigue in the match for a long time and the victory was already in the pocket of the hosts. The capital's team confidently finished this match and won a very big victory with a score of
88:41.
Key moment: «Astana» started the game with a powerful spurt 22:2 and no longer let go of the lead from their hands.
Hero of the match: Skylar Spencer spent just under twenty minutes on the court and earned a double-double in that time.
Match Leaders:
- «Astana»: Skylar Spencer (14 points, 11 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block), Rustam Murzagaliev (12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals), Ruslan Aitkali (12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals).
- «Caspiy»: Semen Pinaev (12 points, 7 rebounds, 1 block shot), Aimurat Satkeev (9 points, 4 rebounds), Konstantin Neff (7 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block shot).
Consequences: «Astana» strengthens its position on the first line of the table, and «Caspiy» lags behind the rest of the teams.
Next games: Tomorrow, March 24, there will be the second game of the series between «Astana» and «Caspiy». The game will be held in Nur-Sultan at the Saryarka cycle track, the game will also start at 19:30 capital time.
Detailed information about the tournament, standings, schedule, and match results are published in the
Tournaments section.
