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On May 5, the third semi-final match between MINSK and Rubon took place in Vitebsk. In today's meeting, the hosts of the site won with the score 85:81 (23:32, 21:14, 26:18, 15:17).
Zach Smith, Vlad Mikulski and DaQuan Bracey scored 6 points at the start of the game. Meanwhile, the opponent managed to reduce the gap to 2 points by the middle of the quarter, and the head coach of MINSK took a timeout. Having made several accurate shots, including “three-point” performed by DaQuan Bracey, Benjamin-Pavel Dodoo and Jovan Sljivancanin, our team went to the first break with an advantage of 9 points (23:32).
In the second quarter, Minsk residents began to work more aggressively and harmoniously in attack, due to which they maintained a confident leadership on the court, but in the second half of the quarter, Rubon made more effective attacks. DaQuan Bracey, Jovan Sljivancanin and Uladzislau Blizniuk scored accurate hits in MINSK from behind the arc. The score before the third quarter was 44:46.
After a long break, Ruslan Boydakov's team responded to the Minsk residents with several jerks and was able to seize the lead. Uladzislau Blizniuk, Zach Smith, Aliaksei Trastsinetski and DaQuan Bracey scored accurate hits in MINSK. However, this did not help Minsk residents to leave for the final break with an advantage in the score (70:64).
In the fourth quarter, Minsk residents made a breakthrough of 8 points, including thanks to two accurate “three-pieces” by Benjamin-Pavel Dodoo. However, the Minsk team, unfortunately, could not win. The final score of the meeting is 85:81.
The most productive:
“MINSK”: DaQuan Bracey – 21 + 5 REB + 4 AST + 2 STL + 1 block, Uladzislau Blizniuk – 14 + 3 AST , Jovan Sljivancanin – 13 + 10 REB + 3 AST + 2 STL .
"Rubon": Ernesto Tkachuk - 21 + 7 REB + 5 AST , Marcel Hovsepyan – 15 + 5 REB + 1 AST + 1 block, Ruslan Pishcheyko – 13 + 6 REB + 1 AST + 1 STL + 1 block.
The next game against Rubon will take place on May 7 in Vitebsk. The meeting starts at 14:00.