Zenit defeated Pari NN at home – 102:80 (21:17, 32:24, 24:25, 25:14).
Game progress
For most of the first half, the game was equal. Pari NN leader Isaiah Washington scored 14 points, while Trent Frazier and Levi Randolph combined for 32 points for Zenit. Randolph started the hosts’ run at the end of the second quarter. The St. Petersburg team got a comfortable lead by halftime – 53:41.
In the second half, Nizhny Novgorod continued be in the game. In the third quarter, the guests cut the deficit to 6 points at one point. But the Volga team did not have enough strength for a full comeback. During the final quarter, the hosts regained a double-digit lead and took the win.
X-factor
Three-pointers became one of Zenit’s main features in this game. The St. Petersburg team made 15 of 31 long-range shots (48.4%) and set new club’s season-high in three-pointers made.
Facts
Aleksander Sekulic won his 60th VTB League game. It took him 106 games to achieve this.
Trent Frazier set new season-high 27 points. Pari NN guard Alexander Khomenko also had his best-scoring game of the season (20 points).
Leaders
Zenit: Trent Frazier (27), Levi Randolph (25), Luka Samanic (14 + 7 rebounds), Nenad Dimitrijevic (13 + 5 assists), Andrei Martiuk (11 + 10 rebounds)
Pari NN: Isaiah Washington (23 + 8 rebounds), Alexander Khomenko (20), Ilya Karpenkov (13 + 5 rebounds)
What’s next
Zenit: November 23 on the road aagainst CSKA
Pari NN: November 23 on the road versus Uralmash.
