UNICS defeated Avtodor on the road – 101:65 (18:13, 22:14, 26:18, 35:20).
Game progress
The guests started the game well. It just 3 minutes to build a double-digit lead – 13:2. But this did not break Avtodor. Grigory Motovilov’s 13 points helped the Saratov team to equalise the game and kept UNICS close for most of the first half. Only at the end of the second quarter Jalen Reynolds restore a comfortable lead for the Kazan team – 40:27.
In the third quarter, the hosts tried to regain the initiative, but had limited rotation. The Kazan team gradually increased the lead. At one point, the difference was 20 points – 56:35. In the remaining time, the guests increased the lead even further and secured a confident win.
X-factor
UNICS’ defense was on top once again. The guests allowed the opponent to score only 65 points.
Facts
Jalen Reynolds played his 200th game in the VTB League today. For Vitalius Pranauskis and Mikhail Belenitskii, this game was their 150th in the tournament.
Avtodor got 6th consecutive loss. UNICS has won 4 games in a row.
Leaders
Avtodor: Grigory Motovilov (21), Igor Volkhin (17), Pavel Zemskii (14)
UNICS: Marcus Bingham (26 + 6 rebounds), Jalen Reynolds (22 + 5 rebounds + 5 assists), Ty Brewer (15), Dmitry Kulagin (13 + 5 assists)
What’s next
Avtodor: March 7 at home versus Uralmash
UNICS: March 7 at home against Zenit.
