Kyiv-Basket lost +19 advantage, but still beat Mavps

In the final home game of the regular season bubble Super League Kiev-Basket won against Cherkasy Mavp (81:73).

The first half of the match was dominated by Kiev-Basket. In the first quarter, Cherkassy Mavpas still managed to keep the short distance, but in the second ten-minute period, the Kievans increased their advantage to 19 points at the beginning of the quarter and kept it until the end – 43:24 before the time-out.

But starting from the third quarter, Cherkasy Mavpy managed to turn the tide of the game – Ruslov’s long-range kicks and the game under Skira’s basket turned out to be unexpected for the Kievans, who, given the third quarter, found it difficult to respond to the opponent’s breakthrough. consecutive day of games.

Cherkasy Mavpy won the third quarter with 26:11 and with 7 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the visiting team took the lead by 61:59 for the first time after Maxwell’s three points. However, Kiev-Basket (12:1) won 3.5 minutes of overtime, gaining a double-digit advantage and leading the game to victory.

Vadim Zaplotinsky was the most productive player among the Kievans with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Cherkasy Mavp added 22 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists for BJ Maxwell and 21 points for Sergei Skira.

Kiev-Basket won the 16th game of the season and moved up to third place in the standings. Cherkasy Mavp has 5 wins in 22 matches and is in seventh place after the Kiev bubble.

Super League. regular season

Kyiv, PS Veneto

Kyiv Basket – Cherkasy Mavpy – 81:73 (22:14, 21:10, 11:26, 27:23)

Kiev-Basket: Zaplotinsky 23 + 10 rebounds, Kingsby 16 + 10 rebounds, Dubonenko 8, Musienko 8 + 5 rebounds, Novikov 13 + 5 rebounds – start; Yurchenko 9, Fresh-Stakhanov 2, Dupin 2, Koshevatsky 0, Shvets 0

Cherkasy Mavpy: Lipovtsev 2, Skira 21 + 5 rebounds, Kuznetsov 1, Maxwell 22+7 rebounds + 7 assists, Ruslov 19 + 6 rebounds – start; Rod 4, Nazarenko 4

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