Enisey defeated Pari NN on the road – 80:61 (18:15, 20:16, 19:16, 23:14).
Game progress
From the very first minutes, the game was equal. In such clash, neither team managed to gain a comfortable lead. Only at the end of the first quarter, the guests manage to take the initiative. Artem Antipov’s made shots helped the Siberian team to pull away by 8 points in the middle of the second quarter – 26:18.
Key moment
Enisey took the lead but could not achieve a comfortable advantage for a long time. The guests managed to do it in the middle of the final quarter. Aggressive defense and bigmen scored points formed the basis of another Siberian team run. The Krasnoyarsk team lead reached 14 points with 3 minutes left (71:57). In the remaining time, Jovica Arsic team increased the lead even further and took win.
X-factor
Artem Antipov played the best game of his career on the court of his former team. In this game, Enisey forward set new career-high 16 points and 9 rebounds. Artem Shlegel scored more than 10 points (13 points) for the first time in his career.
Facts
Enisey got its first win of the season. Only Samara remains without a win. For Pari NN, this loss became fifth in a row.
Enisey ties rivalry history score with Pari NN. The teams now have 14 wins each. The last time Krasnoyarsk team won in Nizhny Novgorod in December 2023.
4 Pari NN players were injured before this game: Evgenii Baburin, Shane Gatling, Hunter Dean and Ilya Karpenkov.
Today’s game was a milestone for two Enisey players. Dmitry Sonko played his 100th game in the VTB League (all for Enisey). Artem Antipov has played 50 games.
Norbert Lukacs has missed all 17 of his three-point attempts this season.
Dominic Artis made 4 steals in this game and topped the League leaders in this stat (2.3 steals per game).
Leaders
Pari NN: Kirill Popov (13 + 5 rebounds), Isaiah Washington (12 + 6 assists), Ilya Platonov (10 + 6 rebounds)
Enisey: Artem Antipov (16 + 9 rebounds), Danilo Tasic (14 + 6 rebounds + 5 assists), Artem Shlegel (13), Sergey Dolinin (11 + 5 rebounds), Egor Ryzhov (10)
What’s next
Pari NN: November 2 at home versus UNICS
Enisey: November 1 at home against Zenit.
