With excellent defense in the fourth period and individual score 12-21, o Red Star “Choked” her Unixprevailing 84-77in Kazan.
So, the “red and whites” went up to 9-14having for their top Kalinic and Walters with 20p. and 19p. respectively.
On the other hand, Perasovic’s team she did not have Lorenzo Brown at her disposal and retreated to 13-11. First scorer was Hezonia with 18p. and he was followed by Σπίσου with 17p.
The match
The Red Star came in early, escaping 3-11 in the first five minutes. Unix then reacted and approached the basket (9-11), but the Serbs through their defense found baskets in the open field and closed the first period at +11 (11-22).
With Spisu and Mayo at the forefront, Unix increased their speed at the beginning of the second half, initially reducing to -5 (19-24), while then they managed to take the lead (31-29), in 16 ‘. The reaction of the “red and whites” came with Kalinic for +8 (33-41), but the three-pointers brought the Russians back and so the first half ended with a score of 43-43.
The hosts entered the second half with the same για time for +5 (50-45), with Walters and Kalinic giving the lead again (52-53) to the Red Star, in 25 ‘. Unix’s response came immediately with Hezonia for the new +5 (58-53), while Vorontsevich even sent it to +9 (65-56), in 29 ‘. However, in the remaining time, the Serbs took out defenses and reduced to the basket (65-63), at the end of the third period.
A 4-0 put the Red Star ahead again (65-67) at the beginning of the fourth quarter, with Unix reacting (70-69). However, defenses followed and three three-pointers from the Serbs, who escaped at +7 (71-78), which lasted until 37 ‘. In the last minutes, Kalinic and Walters talked about +10 (74-84), with the “red and whites” winning with the final 77-84.
The ten minutes: 11-22, 43-43, 65-63, 77-84
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