The confrontation between the brother captains and a brilliant battle in Moscow. Results of the day in the United League
Nikita Biryukov September 26, 2024, 22:45 Moscow time
There are not many events, but the matches were very significant.
On September 26, two matches of the regular championship of the VTB United League were played. In the first of them, UNICS from Kazan met with the club from the city of the same name, Samara, and in the second, MBA-MAI from Moscow received Krasnoyarsk Yenisei. We tell you in more detail the most interesting of the regular season matches.
UNICS lost its first game of the season. The runners-up lost to defending champion CSKA in the opening match of the regular season. The first meeting of the Kazan team had to take place at home. The opponent was Samara, and the main point of the match was the confrontation between two brothers: Dmitry and Mikhail Kulagin. They are not just ordinary players of their clubs, but team captains! Responsibility for the result is doubled.
The teams spent the first half of the first quarter in an even fight. However, UNICS finally found their game: Devon Akun-Purcell, Ismael Bako and Jalen Reynolds all caught fire. The Kazan team made a breakthrough and took the fourth with a score of 19:12. Samara did not give up and stayed close largely thanks to the efforts of Hayden Dalton and Brendan Adams. In general, the second half of the game developed in a more defensive manner. Nobody could take the lead for a long time, but just like in the first quarter, UNICS opened up at the end and strengthened to a slight lead of 18:15.
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After a long break, Drazen Anzulovic’s team came out as strong as possible: Samara made a 7:4 lead and looked great on both sides of the court. However, Velimir Perasovich, with his competent timeout and quality substitutions, not only helped UNICS level the situation on the pitch, but also took the initiative. The difference on the scoreboard was already more than 10 points in favor of the stadium hosts, and the leaders of the “greens” continued to do their job: adding points.
“Samara” did not manage to change the course of the match, since the difference on the scoreboard had already reached too large values. In turn, the team from the Volga bank caused UNICS a lot of problems in the last quarter, largely because the Kazan team felt the taste of victory and relaxed a little. Club captain Mikhail Kulagin was excellent, helped by Dalton himself. In the last period the guests were closer to taking fourth, but UNICS decided to put an end to all questions about the favorite by winning the last one by 24:22.
VTB United League. regular season
September 26, 2024, Thursday. 19:00 Moscow time
Samara
samara region
UNICS: Akun-Purcell – 18, Reynolds – 15, Belenitsky – 14, Bako – 12, Taylor – 10, Lopatin – 8, D. Kulagin – 5, Toropov – 2, Ilyuk – 2, Komolov, Stulenkov
Samara: M. Kulagin – 18, Dalton – 15, Kardanakhishvili – 12, Popov – 11, Harrell – 10, Adams – 4, Sopin, Zverev, Pynko, Goldyrev, Amosov
Neither MBA-MAI nor Enisey had yet won in the new United League season before the head-to-head matchup. But one of these two will win, in any case, their second game of the regular season. Who performed better?
The start was not the best in terms of scoring points. Defense and a lot of fight is the motto of the first quarter. However, despite the small number of effective actions, the neighborhood had its heroes. First of all, these are Yenisei players Timofey Gerasimov, Victor Sanders and Alexa Stepanovich, who scored 17 points between them. The Krasnoyarsk club turned out to be stronger than MBA-MAI with a score of 19:10. The Moscow club was not satisfied with the situation after the first quarter, so in the second quarter Vasily Karasev’s wards began to act more clearly. One of the most experienced players in the United League, Evgeniy Voronov, took charge of the attack and all the players joined the defense. MBA-MAI achieved a breakthrough 9:4. However, Sanders’ successful actions brought the Krasnoyarsk team back into the game, however, the intrigue remained alive due to the fact that the home team won the second quarter with a score of 18:15 and was only six points behind in the rest. .
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In addition to Voronov, Andrei Zubkov, who left Zenit along with Gerasimov, stood out in the MBA-MAI team. True, one moved to the Moscow Club, and the other to the Krasnoyarsk Club. The Russian players have had more playing time compared to last season and already look like one of the leaders of their teams. The third quarter was an even fight; For a long time no one could gain a significant advantage. For every successful attack by one opponent, the other responded with an effective action. 19:15 – the ten minutes went to the Yenisei asset.
Zubkov continued to terrorize the opponent’s paint and was also irresistible on his board. Voronov remembered his youth and practically threatened the Yenisei with his passes. However, neither of them received much support from other MBA players. “Enisey” took better shots from behind the arc, intercepted more and performed better in positional attack. Thanks to this, he won the last quarter with a score of 19:15 and the game with a score of 72:58.
VTB United League. regular season
September 26, 2024, Thursday. 20:00 Moscow time
MBA-MAI
Moscow
Yenisei
Krasnoyarsk
MBA-MAI: Voronov – 16, Zubkov – 16, Konovalov – 7, Trushkin – 6, Ismailov – 5, Minchenko – 2, Belousov – 2, Sheiko – 2, Pevnev – 2, Kasatkin, Barashkov, Ogarkov
Enisey: Sanders – 19, Stepanovich – 16, Gerasimov – 13, Bliznyuk – 8, Dolinin – 6, Zagretdinov – 4, Perevalov – 3, Odinokov – 3, Balashov, Sonko, Schlegel, Zavorotny
