BC Nizhny Novgorod beat Astana

It is a first win after a long losing series.

10.Mar.15 6:22 PM
By Irina Klyachina
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Another match of VTB United league ended up with a victory for BC Nizhny Novgorod. Players had a great away match against Astana. It turned out to be the first win after a long losing series for players from Nizhny Novgorod. The final score of the match is 79:72 ( 23:20,17:26, 18:10, 21:16).

Mekel was the most valuable player scoring 18 pints during the game. Parahovsky, Antonov and Kuksin were also rather helpful on the pitch scoring 16, 13 and 10 points respectively.

Head coach of BC Nizhny Novgorod shared his opinion about the game in the after-match interview. He noted that there was nothing extraordinary in that play. Nevertheless, he was happy to grab the win against such tough and experienced team as Astana. At the same time coach paid attention to the fact that his players were faced to play in different countries for the 3rd time in a row. This is exhausting in both physical and moral ways.

In ywo days BC Nizhny Novgorod will have another match. His time they will play at home against Laboral Kutch in 1/16 final of Eourlague. The match will take place on the 12th of March.

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