Enisey wins the home game against CSKA – 80:71 (23:14, 16:18, 16:19, 25:20).
Scoring leaders:
Enisey: Davion Berry (23), Tomislav Zubcic (18+5 rebounds), Garlon Green (12), Dustin Hogue (11+10 rebounds)
CSKA: Janis Strelnieks (12), Darrun Hilliard (12), Mike James (11+5 assists), Nikita Kurbanov (10), Joel Bolomboy (10+7 rebounds)
The way the game goes:
As it usually happens CSKA played its first game of the season against Enisey from Krasnoyarsk. CSKA won last 3 season starting games against Enisey. Hence, In this game Moscow club was favoured to win.
But Enisey was up to fight to the end – they won the first quarter. Davion Berry was their first offensive option. The American scored driving to the basket, shot three and hit 2 free throws. Other Enisey players supported him. Made field goals by Green, Rebic and Hogue and good defence helped their team to lead in double digits in the beginning of the second quarter – 28:14.
To answer CSKA turned their aggressive mode on. Mike James made some successful shots, Joel Bolomboy was active (10 first half points). But they didn’t manage to get back into the game. CSKA scored only 32 points before the halftime, Enisey lead was still significant – 32:39.
During the third quarter Enisey was holding CSKA offence. Guests managed to cut opponent’s lead to just three but were followers in the end of the third quarter – 51:55.
The key moment
The final quarter started with Berry and Zubcic threes. Enisey made an 11-2 run and got their lead back to double digits – 66:53. Hilliard and Strelnieks tried to put CSKA back on top but their efforts didn’t work. Zubcic and Zakharov’s three pointers allowed their team to save its comfortable lead till the buzzer.
Hero
Davion Berry. American guard was the scoring leader in this game with 23 points. Moreover, he created both of two main Enisey runs – in the beginning of the game and in the final quarter.
Stats
14 – the amount of CSKA wins against Enisey in a row, that was broken this night.
Comments
Enisey head coach Drazen Anzulovic:
We knew that our opponent is the best Euroleague team, but we had to do our best and play the way that we were practicing. This win is for our team, our fans and those who are with us.
CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis:
Congratulations on the Enisey’s victory and to my friend Drazen Anzulovic! They were better today and deserved this win. We had our moments, but this game proved that we are together for not enough time to be called a real team. This game taught us a lesson. We will analyze our game and get better.
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