BC "Budivelnyk" - BC "Prometey" - 82:85 (18:25, 22:22, 20:16, 22:22). December 13. Windrose Superleague. 11th tour. "GymMaxxArena".
BC Budivelnyk: Kobets * (1), Stockton *, captain (12 + 6 assists), Brown * (17 + 11 rebounds), Bliznyuk * (14), Gordon * (6 + 10 rebounds), Upshaw (4) , Konev (2), Randle (24), Prokopenko (2), Kondrakov (0).
Prometey BC: Sydorov * (19 + 4 assists), Lypovyi * (2), Harrison * (22), Kennedy * (14), Bilan * (14 + 12 rebounds + 4 assists), Lukashov, captain (1 + 4 assists), Dowe (4), Petrov (7), Belikov (0), Evans (2), Mishula (0).
The away match in Kyiv with the most titled club of Ukraine "Budivelnyk" seemed to be the most difficult for "Prometey" in the second round. Since the start of the championship, the capital's club has made a strong bid to finish in the top three at the end of the regular season. At the same time they perform confidently on the own site, where they conceded only once – to “Kyiv-Basket”
The match lived up to expectations as for the incredible intensity of the fight on the field, although the team of Igor Miglinieks frankly failed the debut of the match. They opened the scoring of points only in the 4th minute, when Bohdan Blyzniuk managed a very difficult individual pass. At this point, "Prometey" was already leading 8:0. D'Angelo Harrison started this breakthrough with a three-point shot, and Illia Sydorov also scored three points in his assets thanks to his end-one.
Ronen Ginzburg's team continued to control the game confidently throughout the first quarter, and at the beginning of the second reached a handicap of 13 points. "Budivelnyk" began finding their game during the second half of the quarter. In the 17th minute, Ronen Ginzburg had to take a time-out after a shot from behind the arc of Michael Stockton, who reduced the lag of his team to 8 points. Michael instilled confidence in himself and his partners. Two minutes before the siren for a long break, he made a successful individual pass with the help of Alex Brown's screen to Alexander Lypovyy and brought his team closer to a distance of one three-point shot. However, the last word in the first half of the match was left for "Prometey", or rather - for D'Angelo Harrison, who made a shot from the perimeter.
However,in the first four minutes of the third quarter, "Budivelnyk" dominated. The team began to find opportunities for free middle throws and after one of them in the performance of Jerome Randle, his team's lag was minimal - 48:49. "Prometey" played more aggressively in defense, allowing the opponent (again Randall) to score next time only in two and a half minutes. However, "Budivelnyk" managed to win the quarter with a difference of 4 points.
The plot of the final ten-minute period has not changed: the hosts also sought to reach the leader of the championship, who, in turn, on a regular basis made gaps, even if they were not significant. A significant intrigue lasted until the final of the match. After Illia Sydorov made two free throws, the handicap of "Prometey" scored three points (85:82), but the team of Igor Miglinieks had 7 seconds left for the last attack. Alec Brown and John Stockton tried to turn the game into overtime, but their shots from the perimeter were inaccurate.
"Prometey" won the hardest victory in the championship, but absolutely deserved. Our team did not allow the opponent to take the lead at least once and at the same time played with a large margin, which helped them throughout the match.
