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Astana felt bold on the parquet of the guest arena: in the first part, the guests separated at 9:10 p.m., and after the first quarter, they led at 25:15.
Wow what a LOCK @BarfordJaylen ❌ pic.twitter.com/DBOmcZ7yYG
– VTB League (@VTBUL) October 4, 2021
In the second half, the outlook on the court changed dramatically: Zenit’s basketball players, who won the quarter at 29:14, led 44:39 after the first half of the game.
After the break, the hosts launched again, which was taken advantage of by Astana, who won the first half of the third half 15: 3 and took a 54:47 lead. Not only that, before the decisive quarter, the guests obtained a double-digit advantage: 65:55.
Zenit had serious problems: there were 7 minutes left. At the end of the decisive quarter, Astana broke a record of 73:58.
Basketball players from St. Petersburg, who responded 9: 2, cut their deficit by half to half – 67:75.
✈️ Air Poythress! pic.twitter.com/ub7Qrt0RnU
– VTB League (@VTBUL) October 4, 2021
However, after a confident end to the match, the guests achieved an unexpected 83:69 victory.
Mindaugas Kuzminskas, who started the game in the starting five, played 20 minutes, scored 9 points (3/4 doubles, 3/3 penalty), recovered 1 ball, made a successful pass, took a ball and scored 8 utility points .
Artūras Gudaitis played 12 minutes, scored 3 points (1/2 double, 1/2 penalty), rebounded, while his opponents scored 31 points more than Zenit.
“Zenit”: Alex Poythress 19, Jordan Loyd 14, Mindaugas Kuzminskas 9, Dmitrij Kulagin 7 points.
“Astana”: Jaylen Barford 24, Anthony Hickey 15, Nikolay Bažin and Maksim Marčuk 11 points each.
💥 First sensation of the season: Astana beats Zenit on the road!
📊 @ AlexElGreat22 – 19 PTS, @mrjloyd – 14 PTS
📊 @BarfordJaylen – 24 PTS, @OFFsetHick_ – 15 + 9 AST pic.twitter.com/23nBElcg4u
– VTB League (@VTBUL) October 4, 2021
Zenit, represented by Lithuanians, will play the next game in Kaunas; On October 7, they will meet Žalgiris in the second round of the Euroleague.
St. Petersburg team broke UNIKS in Kazan at the start of Euroleague 70:69, Žalgiris did not match ASVEL in guests.
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