Enisey defeated Tsmoki-Minsk at home, 88-70 (21-10, 18-13, 24-29, 25-18).
Top Scorers
Enisey: Suleiman Braimoh (21+5 reb), Frank Elegar (13+8 reb), Vladislav Trushkin (12+8 reb), Alexey Vzdykhalkin (11)
Tsmoki-Minsk: Aliaksandr Kudrautsau (20+6 ast), Nemanja Milosevic (12+6 reb), Dru Joyce (11)
Turning Point
Enisey took control in the 1st quarter, outscoring the visitors, 21-10 behind balanced scoring and Tsmoki’s 4-18 start from the field.
Back-to-back 3-pointers from Vasily Zavoruev and Alexey Vzdykhalkin may have been the turning point for Krasnoyarsk, pushing a two-point lead to eight (14-6).
By halftime, Enisey enjoyed a 39-23 advantage, led by Suleiman Braimoh’s 13 points.
Tsmoki-Minsk never got closer than 11 points in the 2nd half, unable to stop Enisey’s potent offense. With the loss, the visitors drop to 3-7, while Enisey improves to 5-5, a half game back of Astana for 6th place.
Stat
43-18 – the different in three-point shooting percentage between Enisey and Tsmoki-Minsk.
Quotes
Enisey head coach Oleg Okulov:
– To be honest, I’m very happy today with the result and the quality of our defense in stretches. Players always make mistakes and you can’t play an entire game without mistakes, but I’m happy about the effort and overall team desire to win and work on defense. The guys heard what they needed to do and they did it.
Tsmoki-Minsk head coach Igor Grishchuk:
– Congratulations to Krasnoyarsk’s team, which led from the first to the final minute. We sleepwalked today’s game. It’s tough to play when you lose the rebounding battle and have such a low free-throw percentage. It’s always tough in Krasnoyarsk because of the time difference. Plus, we had some very tough games before this contest. Today Enisey was stronger than us.
Up Next
Enisey: December 26 at CSKA
Tsmoki-Minsk: January 8 vs. CSKA
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