Runa defeated UNICS in Kazan – 86:83 (23:20, 17:15, 23:21, 23:27).
Game progress
Runa took an early lead – 19:9, but right after that the guests’ shooting turned off. During 5 minutes, only Alex Tyus scored points, UNICS took advantage and regained the lead. The second quarter was equal. Danila Pokhodiaev and Kirill Savin scored 8 points in the last 2 minutes, allowing the Moscow team to build a small lead before the halftime – 40:35.
UNICS players refused to make threes. The hosts made 2 three-pointers in the first quarter and missed 12 in a row after that (7 misses were in the third quarter). Runa kept the lead, and after Aleksa Radanov dunk the score was 68:58.
Key moment
UNICS tried to save the game and kept shooting three-pointers, but the Kazan team missed 15 shots in a row. Dimitrijevic scored and after that Pokhodiaev immediately replied with a three-pointer. una had a 14-point lead
In last minute of the game, Dimitrijevic made a shot with 40 seconds left and 6 seconds after Andrey Sopin fouled Nenad on three-point line. The Macedonian guard made all 3 shots and the hosts trailed by only 5 points. UNICS was forced to foul. After Jeremiah Hill free-throws. Jalen Reynolds replied with a three-pointer, Sopin made a turnover and Dimitrijevic scored 2 points – 83-85 with 11 seconds left! Once again a forced foul, Tyus misses his second free-throw. Zaitsev tried to score from the hosts half for overtime, but missed it. Runa ended the Kazan team 3-game winning streak.
X-factor
UNICS stayed in the game until the final seconds, but failed to score three-pointers for a long stretch of the game and it had an effect on the game result.
Fact
Jeremiah Hill repeated the season-high in turnovers – 7.
Leaders
UNICS: Nenad Dimitrijevic (23 + 6 rebounds + 6 assists), Jalen Reynolds (16 + 8 rebounds), Marcos Knight (15), Louis Labeyrie (11 + 12 rebounds).
Runa: Alex Tyus (14 + 9 rebounds), Danila Pokhodiaev (13), Jeremiah Hill (13 + 9 assists + 5 rebounds), Aleksa Radanov (12 + 6 rebounds), Juwan Morgan (12 + 9 rebounds), Kirill Savin (10).
What’s next
UNICS: November 12 on the road versus PARMA
Runa: November 13 at home against Enisey.
