UNICS defeated Pari NN on the road – 84:61 (14:18, 21:10, 21:16, 28:17).
Game progress
The start of the game was dominated by Kirill Popov. The forward made all of his shots, scored 12 points and gave his team the lead at the end of the first quarter – 18:14. In the second quarter, the Kazan team managed to take Pari NN’s leader out of the game. This allowed the guests to take the initiative. Jalen Reynolds (8 points in the quarter) helped to build a comfortable 7-point lead by halftime – 35:28.
At the start of the third quarter, the guests took a double-digit lead for the first time – 42:28, and held it for the rest of the game. Pari Nizhny Novgorod reduced the deficit to 10 points several times, but was unable to achieve more. In the middle of the final quarter, the Kazan team pulled away to a 20-point lead – 70:49, which allowed to get confident win.
X-factor
UNICS’ defense performed well in this game. The guests allowed the opponent to score only 61 points. For Pari NN, this is a repeat of season-worst.
Facts
Pari Nizhny Novgorod has a 6-game losing streak, which is only surpassed by Samara, which has no wins this season.
Norbert Lukacs still hasn’t scored his first three-pointer in the VTB League. Pari NN forward has already missed 22 long-range shots. Last season in the Hungarian championship, Lukacs had a 41% three-point shooting percentage.
Magomednabi Khalilulaev made his VTB League debut for UNICS.
Leaders
Pari NN: Isaiah Washington (15), Kirill Popov (15 + 7 rebounds), Sergey Grishaev (11 + 5 rebounds)
UNICS: Jalen Reynolds (20 + 5 rebounds), Andrey Lopatin (17 + 5 rebounds), Marcus Bingham (11 + 11 rebounds), Dmitry Kulagin (10)
What’s next
Pari NN: November 5 at home versus CSKA
UNICS: November 11 on the road against Samara.
