BC "TalTech/OPTIBET" (Tallinn, Estonia) - BC "Prometey" - 81:104 (11:23, 20:30, 20:17, 30:34). March 27. Latvian-Estonian basketball league Pafbet. Tallinn (Estonia). "TalTech Spordihoone". 314 spectators.
BC "TalTech/OPTIBET": Jurkatamm (11 + 8 rebounds), Kuuba (8), Pehka (8), Ilves (18 + 6 assists), Metsalu, captain (2 + 7 rebounds) - starting five; Valb (2), Malm (0), Andre (9), Saal (23 + 5 rebounds).
BC "Prometheus": March (20 + 3 steals), Bobrov (19 + 11 rebounds), Kennedy (0), Odiase (9 + 5 rebounds + 4 assists), Sydorov, captain (5 + 4 assists) - starting five; Balvin (14 + 7 rebounds), Tkachenko (10), Sanon (14 + 4 assists), Clavell (13).
The match between the local club "TalTech/OPTIBET" and our "Prometey" in the capital of Estonia, Tallinn, capped the regular season in the Latvian-Estonian league. This match had no effect on the final disposition of the teams in the tournament standings, but the opponents approached the head-to-head confrontation with all responsibility.
"Prometey" looked much better in the debut of the match. Ronen Ginzburg's squad set their handicap at double-digit mark already at the middle of the starting quarter. At the same time, not everything worked for them. For example, during the entire quarter, the "titans" tried to hit the home team's basket from the perimeter 6 times, but were not successful in it. Instead, "Prometey" demonstrated exemplary defence, allowing the opponent to score only 11 points within the quarter.
To the honour of the Estonian club, they managed to show that they can resist. After "-12" based on the results of the starting ten-minute segment, "TalTech/OPTIBET" organized a 7:0 spurt, and later they played the second half of the game in the equal fight, even winning the third quarter. However, by that time the guests had already created a comfortable margin of more than two dozen points. Yet before the long break, "Prometey" corrected the conversion of three-pointers thanks to the efforts of March, Sanon and Clavell.
The fate of the match was mostly decided in the second quarter. After a long break, Ronen Ginzburg's team with no worries drove the match to the victory, their overall 26th one in the regular season.
In terms of individual statistics, Ronald March and Viacheslav Bobrov distinguished in today’s match. Our team's American Legionnaire scored 20 points, and Viacheslav recorded his second double-double in this season: 19 points + 11 rebounds.
Now, for a few days, our team will get prepared for a quarterfinal playoff series against the Latvian club "Ogre". At the same time, the "titans" will have the advantage of the home arena in the series.
