The MINSK men's team held a VTB United League match against Runa on March 24 at the Falcon Club Arena. Minsk residents lost to the guests of the site with a score 79:86 (16:19, 26:16, 14:25, 23:26).
Starting five:
MINSK: Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson, Daniil Barysevich, Jovan Sljivancanin, Zach Smith, Jakob Cebasek.
Runa: Jeremiah Hill, Nikola Ivanovic, Danila Pokhodyaev, Ilya Popov, Nikolai Zhmako.
The course of the game
Minsk residents met the guests with a jerk of 5 points. For the first half of the opening quarter, Aliaksei Sukhavetski's wards occupied a leading position on the court, but the retaliatory pressure from Muscovites did not allow MINSK to leave for the first break with an advantage in the score on the scoreboard – 16:19. In the second quarter, our players continued their confident struggle in aggressive attacks and again made a breakthrough of 5 points. Jovan Sljivancanin and Jakob Cebasek scored accurate “three-point” in MINSK, and Vlad Mikulski and Zach Smith were repeatedly accurate when throwing from an average distance. The opponents went to the big break with a score of 42:35.
In the third quarter, the Russians managed to regain the lead on the court, including due to offensive misses and fouls from Minsk residents. Jakob Cebasek again scored with an accurate shot from behind the arc, and Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson repeatedly scored hits from medium range. The teams went to the final break with a score of 56:60.
Interchange
In the last quarter, Minsk residents maintained their chances of winning, not letting the opponent from Russia go by a large margin in the score on the scoreboard. In the last minutes of the match, the teams exchanged effective attacks, maintaining the intrigue. However, the Runa turned out to be stronger in today's match. The final score is 79:86.
The most productive:
MINSK: Jovan Sljivancanin – 16 + 4 REB + 4 AST + 1 STL, Jacob Cebasek – 14 + 6 REB + 1 AST + 1 STL, Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson – 13 + 4 REB + 6 AST + 1 STL.
Runa: Ilya Popov – 25 + 8 REB + 1 AST + 2 STL, Jeremiah Hill – 16 + 5 REB + 9 AST, Juwan Morgan – 16 + 12 under + 6 REB + 3 STL + 3 block.
Acting head coach of MINSK Aliaksei Sukhavetsky: “First of all, on my own behalf and on behalf of the team, I want to express my deepest sympathy to the families of those killed in the terrorist attack. I want to express our support, we need to stay together, we are deeply worried. It wasn't easy at the beginning because of all these events, but regarding the game: we executed the plan well in the first half, we tried to transfer it to the second. Unfortunately, the bad start knocked us out of the rhythm we were talking about in the middle. The opponent rearranged himself and began to push hard inside. They didn't manage our fouls quite right. Unfortunately, the result is on the scoreboard. Today, the players showed very solid basketball in places. I would like to believe that we are on the right track, but I would also like the number of quality minutes to increase much faster.”
Minsk residents will hold another home match on March 27 against Astana. The match will take place at the Falcon Club Arena at 18:15. Tickets can be purchased on the website and at points of sale kvitki.by .