Samara beat Astana at home and got the 2nd win in a row – 89:75 (26:16, 25:14, 17:24, 21:21).
Game progress
Samara (10-15) and Astana (5-19) had the 2nd and 5th places in the Group B before the game. The Volga team got the lead from the very first minutes playing good in defense and scoring almost every bucket. James Ennis and Maksim Barashkov performance helped the hosts to win each quarter in the first half – 51:30.
In the second half, Astana level the game, but this was not enough. With 2 wins in a row, Samara is surpassing Avtodor in the standings.
Key factor
Maksim Barashkov. The forward did not score more than 10 points the League game, but today he got 12 points with 3 out of 4 shots from the game already after the fist half.
Maksim ended the game with 19 points (6 out of 7 from the game) and 3 rebounds.
Fact
«For now, we are having communication problems: some players played in Kazakh Cup, other players had trained», – Oleg Kiselev said before the game.
The game in Samara became the first Astana game in the League in 2 weeks. The team played in Kazakhstan Cup and won it. This could affect the game quality of the team. But not with Kwame Vaughn, who repeated Angelo Warner season-high (32 points)
Leaders
Samara: James Ennis (21 + 7 rebounds), Maksim Barashkov (19), Jordan Theodore (15), Maksim Sheleketo (11), Marcos Knight (10 + 6 assists), Vladimir Ivlev (5 + 7 rebounds)
Astana: Kwame Vaughn (32), Michael Myers (9 + 5 rebounds), Markell Johnson (6 + 6 assists)
Next games
Samara: home game against Enisey on February 28
Astana: home game versus PARMA-PARI on March 4
