Samara defeated Astana at home — 93:58 (25:12, 23:12, 25:19, 20:15).
The best scorers
Samara: Marcos Knight (20 + 6 assists), Yuri Umrikhin (14), James Ennis (13)
Astana: Michael Myers (11)
Game progress
Already in the beginning, Samara made a 10:0 run. The Kazakh team managed to score the first points only in the fourth minute of the game. During the first quarter, Samara lead reached 17 points – 24:7 after a long-range shot by Marcos Knight.
The second quarter started again with the hosts actions. Samara players KC Rivers, Marcos Knight and James Ennis dominated offensively, and at the end of the first half, Yuri Umrikhin had the time to shine and got 7 points in a row and an assist for Marcos Knight. And by the halftime, the hosts lead was 24 points. Samara did not calm down on this, continuing to build up the lead and as a result confidently brought the game to a major win. This win allowed Sergey Bazarevich team to has three wins in six games, Samara is still in the Top 8 in the League.
Hero
Marcos Knight. Samara guard became the best scoring player of the game, having made 9 of 12 shots from the game.
Numbers
Yuri Umrikhin 14 points is the VTB League career-high.
What’s next
Samara: road game versus MINSK on October 31
Astana: road game against Lokomotiv Kuban on October 31
