UNICS beat Astana – 97:75 (20:10, 27:22, 29:22, 21:21).

Game progress
At the beginning of the game, the teams failed to make a lot of shots. With 2 minutes left in the first quarter, the score was 10:12, but UNICS managed to break the offensive drought. Jalen Reynolds and Eric Green gave the Kazan team a 12-point lead within a couple minutes, and after the first half the guests led by 15 points – 47:32.

In the third quarter, Nenad Dimitrijevic started to shine, made 13 points and helped UNICS to increase the score difference – 76:54.

The Kazan team got a confident winand moved up to second place in the standings, passing Zenit.

X-factor
Rebounding played a key role. UNICS (37) made more rebounds than Astana (22), shutting down Royce Hamm (6) and Devin Davis (6), who set career-highs last game.

Fact
Astana made 22 rebounds, which became least rebounded game of the team.

UNICS repeated the season-high in points scored, while Nenad Dimitrijevic had his second best game in the VTB League in efficiency (36).

Leaders
Astana: Royce Hamm (15 + 6 rebounds), Carvel Anderson (14), Devin Davis (13 + 6 rebounds), Adam Kunkel (12), Felipe Haase (11).
UNICS: Nenad Dimitrijevic (24 + 7 rebounds + 7 assists), Eric Green (22), Jalen Reynolds (20 + 8 rebounds), Marcos Knight (16).

What’s next
Astana (7-9): December 15 at home versus Pari Nizhny Novgorod
UNICS (11-4): December 18 on the road against Uralmash.