PARMA-PARI beat Enisey at home and ended the losing streak – 88:75 (22:17, 27:15, 18:22, 21:21).
Game progress
PARMA-PARI (8-13) and Enisey (6-15) were at the 8th and the 10th places in the standings before the game. In the second stage, the teams will have to fight for the playoffs. The Krasnoyarsk team for the first time in the season had a winning streak, and the Perm team had lost 2 games in a row.
PARMA-PARI took the lead in the first quarter – Tylor Ongwae and Danila Pokhodiaev made three-pointers and let the team to have a 9-point lead. But that was just the beginning. In the second quarter, the Perm team scored 6 more three-pointers, and by the halftime they made 9 out of 12 in total (75%). PARMA shooters made the score difference (Enisey has only 2/9 and 22.2%). After two quarters, Evgeny Pashutin team led 49:32.
Key moment
In the second half, Enisey began to play more tightly on the perimeter and revived in offense, but still failed to change the course of the game. PARMA-PARI lost a double-digit difference, but then quickly returning a comfortable lead. In the fourth quarter, after Joel James smashing dunk, Drazen Anzulovic took a timeout, but PARMA took control again. Justin Roberson three-pointer and 3,5 minuted before the end and 2 more points in a fastbreak removed all questions – 82:67. The ending did not work out, the Perm team ended the first stage of the regular season with the win.
Key factor
Danila Pokhodaev. His VTB League career high is 19 points. Already after the first half, Danila had 12 points with 3 of 3 from behind the arc. PARMA-PARI took the control of the game in the exact moment and the forward helped the team most.
Pokhodiaev was not the only one who made threes in the hosts’ team. The Perm team have made 14 out of 22.
Fact
Tylor Ongwae had scored more than 10 points for 4 times this season (the high is 12 points), with a total of 6 out of 19 there-pointers. On Thursday, the Kenyan forward scored 25 points with 5 out of 6 threes in 34.5 minutes on the floor. The shooting forward became the best player of the game.
Leaders
PARMA-PARI: Tylor Ongwae (25), Justin Roberson (16 + 5 assists), Danila Pokhodiaev (12), Isaiah Reese (11 + 7 rebounds + 8 assists), Joel James (8 + 6 rebounds).
Enisey: Angelo Warner (27 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists + 3 steals), Yauheni Beliankou (10), Supreme Hannah (10), James Thompson (6 + 5 rebounds).
Next games
PARMA-PARI: road game against Samara on February 3
Enisey: road game versus Astana on January 28
