Warner sets a season high, Enisey wins the first home game of the season

Warner sets a season high, Enisey wins the first home game of the season

Enisey beat Astana at home — 89:76 (23:17, 20:18, 25:10, 21:31).

The best scorers
Enisey: Angelo Warner (32 + 6 rebounds), Timofey Gerasimov (16 + 7 assists)
Astana: Kwame Vaughn (18), Michael Myers (17 + 11 rebounds), Markell Johnson (14 + 7 assists), Valery Likhodey (12)

Game progress
After the unexpected loss to MINSK, the Krasnoyark team needed to rehabilitate against Astana. And the hosts came out over motivated. From the very first minutes Enisey controlled the game. The Siberian team leader was Angelo Warner: his made shots helped the team to led by 8 points – 14:6.

However, Oleg Kiselev found his own joker. Daniil Aksenov came off the bench and clearly encouraged Astana offense. With his help, the Kazakh team was able to reduce the difference to a minimum. And then Warner came in and helped the Krasnoyarsk team to end the first quarter as a leader – 23:17.

In the second quarter, it seemed that Astana was still able to change the game. With American legionnaires help, the guests not only caught up Enisey, but even managed to get ahead. But at the end of the quarter, Angelo Warner came to help. The Siberian team leader scored several shots at the end of the quarter, updated his season high and allowed the Krasnoyarsk team to go get a comfortable lead before the halftime – 43:35.

The key moment
As a result, the third quarter was decisive, the hosts clearly dominated their opponent. The Siberian team run was started by Warner and then his teammates joined. Enisey played good defense, confidently scored threes and made fast-breaks often. Already in the middle of the quarter, Enisey lead was 19 points – 57:38.

The guests could not recover from this. Valery Likhodey tried to make his team to come back to the game. In the last quarter, the forward made three three-pointers and led Astana small comeback. The Kazakh team players were able to slightly reduce the difference, but the game was done.

Hero
Angelo Warner had a fantastic game. Enisey guard scored 32 points with 11 of 18 shots from the game, set his season high in the VTB League and also became the first player to score more than 30 points this season.

Numbers
1 – Enisey won the first home game for the first time this season.

What’s next
Enisey: road game against Lokomotiv Kuban on December 3
Astana: road game versus Zenit on December 4