PARMA outplay Avtodor at home – 97:81 (25:14, 24:14, 22:22, 26:31)
Top scorers
PARMA: Maxim Grigoryev (29 points + 5 rebounds), Mareks Mejeris (17 + 7 rebounds), Lorenzo Williams (16).
Avtodor: Mouhammadou Jaiteh (20 + 8 rebounds), Elgin Cook (18 + 10 rebounds), Orlando Johnson (12).
Story
PARMA (1-6) had lost three in a row and moved to second from the last place by the game date. Avtodor (2-4) had a bad start as well, but had won last two games.
Perm took over the game from the very beginning. Mareks Mejeris and ex-Avtodor player Artem Zabelin dominated the paint with Lorenzo Williams’ assistance on the perimeter thus 18:9 in the beginning. PARMA managed to keep the pace until the halftime. Eloquent stat is that all 16 field goals were made after assists while Avtodor made only 4 assists by each 10 field goals. With a double digit lead after 10 minutes (25:14), Ural team won the second period in the same manner (24:14). The odd’s were pretty simple after the first half – 49:28.
After the break the game levelled which, however, did good for Perm. PARMA’s first star was Maxim Grigoryev who stopped Avtodor’s attempt to chase in the third quarter (with 44:59 on the board). At that moment Grigoryev made 4 three-pointers in a row – 68:46.
Key moment
PARMA followed through with a cold blood. 90 seconds to the buzzer Perm were leading by 17 (90:73). Thanks to Orlando Johnson’s efforts, Avtodor cut the gap down (81:92), but Williams and Grigoryev’s shots took it back.
Stat
34 efficiency points for Maxim Grigoryev. Season’s 4th best, no. 1 among Russian players.
Hero
Maxim Grigoryev. The guard had one of the best nights in his career resetting career highs in points (29) and 3-pointers made (7 of 10). With only 20 minutes on the court, Grigoryev made 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Comments
PARMA head coach Kazys Maskvytis:
Congrats to everyone! Even without a number of players we stayed a team. I think tonight we’ve had one of our best games in VTB League and hope to keep moving forward.
Avtodor head coach Evgeny Pashutin:
PARMA is our direct competitor and we always struggle for the sweet spot. We knew it would be a tough game as PARMA had been demonstrating solid performance against big rivals with the decisive last shots. Tonight, without Moultrie and Carr they were united and played European team basketball. And we made a lot of errors in passing, didn’t manage to slow down, play positioned pieces and that meant a lot.
Next
PARMA: December 3 at Zenit
Avtodor: December 7 at Lokomotiv-Kuban
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