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Basketball players “MINSKA” suffered the first defeat in the new season of the championship of Belarus

In the second round of the BETERA championship of Belarus in basketball among men’s teams “MINSK” lost to Vitebsk.

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Basketball players “MINSKA” suffered the first defeat in the new season of the championship of Belarus

In the second round of the BETERA championship of Belarus in basketball among men's teams, MINSK lost to Vitebsk Rubon, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

The teams successfully held the opening matches of the tournament. The capital club beat Grodno-93-GrSU (104:48), and Rubon was stronger than Victoria from the Brest region (86:80).

The first quarter was persistent but productive. Teams were level. Until the final minute of the meeting, the gap of one of the teams did not exceed two points. Only at the very end, the visiting club worked a little more effectively, getting a margin of four points - 22:18. The Minskers held a shock at the beginning of the second period, when they developed their success to +9. However, the hosts gave a classy segment, making the score 28:29. And yet the wards of Eduard Kemen left for a long break with a more serious handicap - 37:30.

The second half of the meeting was better hosted. Although there was a time when the preponderance of “MINSKA” was calculated by 10 points. However, the team successfully lost him. “Rubon” caught the courage and most of the attacks ended with an accurate throw. Before the final quarter, Minsk still led (52:48). Less than a minute passed in the fourth period, as the Vitebsk club broke ahead (53:52). And then competently played in defense, not allowing to turn around vizavi. Most of the shots of the Minskers flew into the milk. The players of Rubon worked in the attack order of magnitude more efficiently. Maxim Shustov, Konstantin Satsuk, Daniil Yeremenko regularly replenished the spectacle piggy bank. In the end, the hosts achieved victory - 79:73. The losers were Pavel Rabushko (18), Danila Semenyuk (17), Vadim Stubeda and Frank Sidze (12 each).

In the next round, MINSK will play on its site (in the club sports complex) against Victoria. The meeting will take place on October 3 and will begin at 15:30. Entry is free.

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