Astana played their penultimate match of the regular season of the United VTB League this season.
Oleg Kiselev's team lost to»PARMA-PARI in Perm, with a score of 94:59.
Among the Astana players in this game, it is worth highlighting Markella Johnson (16 points, 6 rebounds), Valery Likhodey (12 points), Maxim Marchuk (10 points, 6 rebounds), Rustam Murzagaliyev (8 points, 6 assists). Among the opponents, Justin Robertson (17 points, 5 assists) and Isaiah Riz (15 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists) scored the most goals.
Thus, PARMA-PARI guaranteed themselves a first place in Group B.
«I want to congratulate everyone on the victory and thank the fans for their support! Today, the guys played together and with all their hearts. This was reflected in the result and the numbers. The team started playing much better in defense. We could press the opponent thanks to active rotation, and such a game came to fruition: Astana made 14 mistakes in the first 20 minutes. Thus, we disrupted their attack. In the third quarter, we slowed down but then returned to the game and created the advantage that was needed. 7th place in the regular championship is a good result. But now we need to recover and be ready for the playoff games, give UNICS a challenge and do everything possible to win,» — said Perm's head coach Evgeny Pashutin after the game.
The final match in this tournament for Astana will be held on March 26 in Minsk.
Detailed information about the tournament, standings, schedule, and match results are published in the Tournaments section.
