Pari Nizhny Novgorod defeated MINSK at home – 90:79 (25:24, 19:18, 19:21, 27:16)
Game progress
Pari Nizhny Novgorod started the season with 3 wins, but then got 9 straight losses – the worst streak in the team’s history. MINSK has not won in the new season (0-13 – a repeat of the team’s worst start in the VTB League). Three-pointers by Grigory Motivilov and Jakob Cebasek gave the guests an 8-0 start, after which MINDK took the lead for a long time. Nizhny began to catch up with rotation help. Dragan Apic, Sergey Zotkin and Anton Ponkrashov changed the tide of the game: the guests even won the first quarter with a minimal advantage. The second quarter was oequal in general, and the hosts had the lead by the halftime – 44:42.
In the third quarter, Nizhny made its first attempt to take the lead, but the Belarusian team equalized the score before the final quarter with Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson made shot.
Key moment
Still, MINSK couldn’t withstand another run by Nizhny Novgorod. Ivan Strebkov and Apic, who had returned to the lineup, were scoring consistently at the start of the final quarter and started 14-4 run. After that, Zoran Lukic team had the control and got confident win.
X-factor
Ivan Strebkov had played on October 15 last time, got injured and didn’t play. The long-awaited guard’s comeback greatly contributed to Pari NN return to the winning path: 19 points, 2 rebounds and 11 assists.
Fact
Aleksandar Zecevic made his first appearance against his former team tonight. The Serbian forward played his third game for MINSK, he also played three games for Nizhny at the start of this season. The forward made 9 points and 4 rebounds in 13 minutes with 3 of 4 from the game.
Leaders
Pari Nizhny Novgorod: Ivan Strebkov (19 + 11 assists), Dragan Apic (18), Aleksa Novakovic (12 + 8 rebounds), Aleksandr Gankevic (12).
MINSK: Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson (26 + 6 rebounds + 5 assists), Grigory Motovilov (12 + 5 assists), Jakob Cebasek (10 + 5 rebounds).
What’s next
Pari Nizhny Novgorod (4-9): December 6 on the road against UNICS
MINSK (0-14): December 7 at home versus Astana.
