Samara beat Enisey at home — 92:86 ОТ (25:21, 17:23, 20:19, 19:18, 11:5).
The best scorers
Samara: Marcos Knight (23 + 7 rebounds + 5 assists), James Ennis (21 + 6 rebounds + 4 steals), KC Rivers (16).
Enisey: Timofei Gerasimov (18 + 5 rebounds), Angelo Warner (14), Grigoriy Motovilov (13), Vladislav Trushkin (11), James Thompson (8 + 11 rebounds).
Game progress
In the first 2 games of the season, Samara and Enisey could not win. But in the rivalry game all wanted to change the situation. From the very first seconds teams played very tight. The Krasnoyarsk team controlled the paint more and the Samara team aimed on three-pointers. The hosts game was more effective. James Ennis, Marcos Knight and KC Rivers three-pointers provided Samara to win the first quarter – 25:21. In the second quarter, Enisey improved the perimeter defense and seized the initiative (the Volga team just got 2 shots from the distance). Grigoriy Motovilov became the key Enisey player in the first half with 10 points. With better shooting percentage and less turnovers, the guests took the lead before the halftime – 44:42.
The key moment
Tight game was the whole second half. And regulation time was not enough for the teams. Samara got more experienced players, it was decisive moment. The key moment of the game happened 27 before the end of the overtime. KC Rivers scored two-pointer after Isisah Reese miss and Samara lead became 4 points – 90:86. In the next possession, Angelo Warner missed his three-pointer. Yuriy Umrikhin scored the last points of the game. He made free-throws and Enisey lost any opportunity to save the game with tactical fouls.
Hero
For the whole game, Marcos Knight was the key Samara offensive option. The guard had 8 out of 13 from the game (5 out of 6 threes), got 23 points, made 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 30 eff. points.
Numbers
44% (11 out of 25) of three-pointers made became the key factor in Samara win tonight.
What’s next
Samara: road game versus Pari Nizhny Novgorod on October 16.
Enisey: home game against Zenit on October 18.
