Astana failed to take revenge on Pari Nizhny Novgorod in the away match of the VTB United League.
The first half of the match did not go well: the Kazakhs went on a break, having lost with a score of 50:27.
In the third quarter, Oleg Kiselyov's team tried to turn the game's tide and even managed to take the lead in the game's segment — 20:24. However, in the final quarter, the hosts took the upper hand of the game again, and the final score was 86:59 in favor of Nizhny.
Astana's top scorer was Mike Myers (18 points, 12 rebounds), while Ivan Strebkov (26 points) scored for the hosts.
«An important victory, but the quality of our game today was far from what we showed in Perm. Yes, Khvostov, Strebkov, and Baburin acted confidently in defense. I tried to unload them as much as possible and give time to those players who get it less often. They should have made better use of their minutes. I should say I expected more from them. If there was a stronger opponent, I'm not sure we could count on winning,» Zoran Lukic», the hosts' coach, said after the match.
On November 24 and 25, Astana's farm team will play two away matches against Aktobe, and on November 27, the main team will meet with Enisey in Krasnoyarsk.
Detailed information about the tournament, standings, schedule, and match results are published in the
Tournaments section.
