UNICS defeated Avtodor in the regular season game at home – 95:76 (23:18, 19:26, 27:15, 26:17).
The bset scorers
UNICS: Jalen Reynolds (22), Anthony Brown (18), Vince Hunter (16 + 8 rebounds), Nenad Dimitrijevic (12 + 5 rebounds + 7 assists), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (11 + 6 rebounds)
Avtodor: Ryan Boatwright (22), Brandon Garrett (13), Evgeny Minchenko (12 + 7 rebounds), Rada Zagorac (6 + 9 rebounds)
Game progress
UNICS had a 6-0 result, sharing the season with in the top of the standings. Avtodor got 2 wins in 6 games at the start.
The Saratov team took the lead in the first minutes, but the Kazan team gradually began to gain the usual momentum. Georgy Zhbanov successfuly came from the bench and motivated the hosts to make a 13:3 run at the end of the quarter and everyone in Basket Hall started to think that the hosts took control of the game. Avtodor had other plans. The Volga team can not score three-pointers, but carefully used their opportunities in the paint. Ryan Boatwright and Brandon Garrett scored 11 points each, the guests won the second quarter 26:19 and led by 2 points just before the end of the first half – 44:42.
In the third quarter, UNICS got the lead. The Kazan team had good segment an the end of the quarter when the team used Avtodor methods to score – several quick offensive possesions ended with three-points shots. Anthony Brown was the key player and scored three 3-pointers in 2 minutes. Before the final quarter, UNICS led by 10 – 69:59.
The key moment
The first two minutes of the fourth quarter was ineffective, but it was just the beginning. Jalen Reynolds helped UNICS to make the difference bigger. The American bigman scored 3 times in the paint – one of it was and-one – Nenad Dimitrijevic supported with a three-pointer. After a 10:1 run, the winner of the game was determined.
UNICS started this season with the best result in club history (7-0), after another win, the record figure was raised to a new level.
Hero
Jalen Reynolds. In just 16 minutes, the American became UNICS best scoring player, scoring 22 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.
Numbers
7 – UNICS won all seven games at the start of the season.
What’s next
UNICS: road game against MINSK on November 7
Avtodor: home game versus Lokomotiv Kuban on November 6
