We beat MBA and continue the winning move
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23.01.2024
23.01.2024UNICS confirmed the status of the favorite in the away match against the capital's MBA. The hosts' efforts to impose a fight on the reigning VTB United League champion were only enough for the first quarter. Already at the junction of the periods, Kazan tightly took the threads of the game into their own hands, running away to «+8» after Erick GREEN's free throws in the middle of the second ten minutes (36:28).
After a long break, our guys continued to build up the advantage, which reached «+19» after an accurate three-point shot by the same guard of the guests at the start of the fourth quarter (73:54). The end of the match was set by Vladislav ODINOKOV's and one, that recorded the maximum «+23» for Velimir PERASOVIC's team – 85:62. In addition, the Kazan team closed the perimeter to the opponent, allowing them only 4 accurate attempts out of 27 shots from long range (14%).
Jalen REYNOLDS (19) and Marcos KNIGHT (13 + 5 rebounds + 5 assists) became the most productive members of UNICS. Ismael BAKO has 12 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals. Erick GREEN brought 11 points and 2 rebounds to the team.MBA (Moscow) – UNICS (Kazan) – 62:85 (22:25, 17:21, 13:16, 10:20).
MBA: Minchenko (13+6 rebounds), Lopatin (13), Trushkin (10+4 rebounds), Khomenko (8+4 rebounds).
UNICS: Reynolds (19), Knight (13+5 rebounds+5 assists+2 steals), Bako (12+7 rebounds+3 steals), Labeyrie (8+6 rebounds), Kulagin (8+5 rebounds+4 assists), Dimitrijevic (7+3 assists).