In the match of the VTB United League championship against UNICS “Zenit”’s Sergey Karasev showed his best qualities and helped his team to make an important victory (109:84).
For 32 minutes Karasev scored 26 points (including 4 exact three-points shots out of eight), 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steaks, forced the opponent 4 times to break the rules, earning 22 points for the effectiveness of the action.
In the first quarter “Zenit” completely blocked the opponent’s ability to throw from the perimeter, and under the ring looked excellent, despite the fact that with this component blue-white-blue had problems – Janis Timma did not go to Kazan.
In the second quarter, the hosts tried to organize a chase, but it drowned quickly enough, faced with a series ofshots by Karasev, Jr. Then the game again went according to the scenario of the first quarter: “Zenit” went ahead, but by the end UNICS also could improve the game. 41:54.
In the third 10 minutes Petersburg players made their traditional quick attacks, and the rival again played exclusively from the “paint”, and not always successfully. However, UNICS did not give up. At one point, having disadvantage in the quarter 18:10, they equalized the score within one ten-minute and after half an hour of playing time there was a gap of 10 points – 79:69.
Needless to say that the start and the fourth quater passed under a carbon copy with the previous ones? Blue-white-blues, having received a scolding from the coaching staff for the greased ending of the third quarter, broke out onto the court and began to destroy the opponent. Regular accurate shots of Markovic and Kolom brought the advantage of “Zenit” to 20 points.
