Enisey Krasnoyarsk outgunned Nizhny Novgorod at home, 99-93 (23-18, 25-29, 29-25, 22-21).
Top Scorers
Enisey: Tony Taylor (18 + 5 assists), Suleiman Braimoh (16), Vladislav Trushkin (13 + 5 rebounds), Maalik Wayns (12 + 5 assists), Frank Elegar (12)
Nizhny Novgorod: DeAndre Kane (21 + 8 rebounds), Kenny Boynton (18), Ivan Strebkov (16), Petr Gubanov (13), Siim-Sander Vene (11)
Turning Point
Nizhny Novgorod trailed most of the contest, but only by 3-5 points. Entering the 4th quarter, Enisey held a five-point lead, 77-72.
Nizhny quickly erased the deficit with a 7-2 run, capped by Strebkov’s ‘3’ at the 8:33 mark (79-79).
But the visitors would get no closer as Suleiman Braimoh hit a pair of big jumpers to put Enisey back on top by six, 88-82.
After Kenny Boynton knocked down a 3-pointer for Nizhny, Enisey big man Igor Kanygin made it a seven-point game, converting a three-point play with 3:08 remaining.
The visitors never really threatened again, trailing by at least two possessions in the final minutes. Enisey improves to 2-2, while Nizhny drops to 0-3.
Stat
47% – Enisey converted at an impressive clip from downtown (7-15 as a team).
Quotes
Enisey head coach Oleg Okulov:
– As it turned out, the team spent too much emotional energy on the road trip. We didn’t manage to create comfortable conditions for those, who gave everything in the game vs. Loko, and create some sort of break in Bulgaria. We arrived in Krasnoyarsk yesterday morning. All of that builds up and affects the guys that play a lot. In that regard, Nizhny Novgorod was fresher and more rested. Nonetheless, we managed to keep the score even. Second, the fact that we didn’t go all-out in the exhibition game vs. Nizhny Novgorod in Latvia worked in our favor. Say as much as you want to your team about how the opponent can play differently than it did in the previous game…the players will still remember winning and winning by a lot. Today was a tough game, but we managed to turn the momentum and play a little better on defense than them.
Nizhny Novgorod head coach Arturs Stalbergs:
– We constantly lose focus, especially on defense. On offense, I don’t have any concerns, but on defense, we are relaxed and give up points. In the final minute, we decided to be aggressive, applied pressure, and almost caught them, but came up a little short of a win.
Up Next
Enisey: October 29 at Parma
Nizhny Novgorod: October 29 vs. Lokomotiv-Kuban
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