MINSK lost to the leader of the standings of the national basketball championship

In the next round of the BETERA championship of Belarus in basketball among men's teams "MINSK" on its site was defeated by "Grodno-93" - 70:83, the correspondent of the agency "Minsk-Novosti".

The teams met this season at the 93s. Then it was a dramatic match, in which the hosts won in overtime - 90:88. After that, both teams gave the same statistics - one victory, one defeat. In the current confrontation, the hosts were good in odd quarters, gnawing the lead, but in even ones, Grodno-93 basketball players acted better.

For the wards of Eduard Kemen, everything began very promising. From the first minutes of the fireworks in the attack Frank Shidze. Within seven minutes, he put 7 points in the team treasury. He was well helped by Vadim Stubeda, who worked well at someone else's ring. The opponent did not expect such a quick start from MINSKA. Only by the middle of the quarter began to gain momentum. The first period was left to the owners - 17:12. It took less than two minutes for the visiting team to equalize the score after the resumption of the meeting (19:19). For some time there was an equal struggle, but then the "93rd" seized the initiative. Teamwork brought tangible fruits to the wards of Dmitry Kuzmin. By the big break, they were leading 41:36.

On the positive held the third quarter of Minsk. They worked well in defense, plus they were helped by rivals. Grodno-93 has lost its sight. And even from the most advantageous positions, the players managed to smear. Their rivals have done a little better. Note the efforts of Kirill Vaskovtsov and Alexei Yudkin. But in the final ten minutes there was a failure. Guests tore up the opponent's defense. First, the productive segment was issued by the center of Grodno residents Kirill Vinokurov, and then Dmitry Kuratnik did not jokingly disperse. He earned 13 points in three and a half minutes. In the end, MINSK had no chance to revive the intrigue. The team was defeated - 70:83. The most successful losers were Sidze, Maxim Lutych (14), Vaskovtsov (11), Stubeda (9).

The clubs remained in their positions: the capital in the fifth position, and Grodno-93 in the first. In another match of the tour, the Gomel Lynx defeated the BOK Victoria - 87:61. Another fight will take place on October 22. Grodno-93-GrSU will host the Vitebsk Rubon on its site. MINSK next match will play on October 25 away against Borysphenes (starting at 14:30).

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