PARMA defeated Astana on the road – 87:56 (20:21, 26:11, 22:10, 19:14).
Game progress
PARMA came to Kazakhstan with the goal of winning – the team is fighting for 6th place. For 15 minutes, Astana kept pace with the Russian team, but the second half of the second quarter was decisive. The Perm team added in defense and began to pull away with help of Royce Hamm, Stanley Whittaker and Garrett Nevels (46:32).
Key moment
After building a 14-point lead by halftime, PARMA started with a 10-0 run (56:32) right after the start if third quarter, which proved the confident win.
The Perm team (18-24) moved up to 6th place, but rivals Avtodor and Pari NN have a game in reserve.
X-factor
PARMA dominated in rebounding – 52-32, including offensive rebounds – 14-6.
Facts
The rivalry history score is 14-7, PARMA’ leads. The Perm team has won the last 9 rivalries.
PARMA won all 4 games this season by more than 20 points: 95:63 and 106:73 in Perm, 83:62 and 87:56 in Astana.
Astana has 6-game losing streak at home, PARMA had 8-game losing streak on the road (the last road win until today was over Loko on January 4).
Astana became the only team that PARMA beat in the season series 4-0. The Perm team has lost at least once to all other teams.
Leaders
Astana: T.J. Starks (10 + 5 rebounds)
PARMA: Stanley Whittaker (15 + 7 rebounds + 8 assists), Garrett Nevels (15), Royce Hamm (14 + 13 rebounds), Samson Ruzhentsev (13 + 6 rebounds).
What’s next
Astana: April 8 at home versus UNICS.
PARMA: April 9 on the road against Zenit
