As part of the National League, Astana played two games against Tobol in Kostanay.
The first match ended in defeat with a score of 81:102; in the return game, the team lost with a smaller difference — 83:90.
Due to the tight schedule, mainly the club's youth team, headed by the head coach of the farm team Mikhail Lonshakov went to Kostanay. The team was strengthened by several players from the main squad: Askar Maidekin, Ruslan Aitkali, and Andrey Litvinenko.
According to the results of two games, Alexander Orazbekov (30 points, 13 assists), Askar Maidekin (28 points, 14 rebounds), Ruslan Aitkali (26 points, 15 rebounds), and Magzhan Sarsengaliyev (22 points, 8 assists) became the best players.
It is also worth noting the playing coach of Astana Anton Ponomarev, who played for the first time this season. In two games, he scored 17 points and made 13 rebounds.
Astana will play the next guest match on Monday; the opponent will be Lokomotiv-Kuban from Krasnodar. The game will start at 23:00 Astana time.
Detailed information about the tournament, standings, schedule, and match results are published in the
Tournaments section.
