Higher League Round 1 of Regular Season

The Regular Season in Higher League just started. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

The game in Chelyabinsk was quite interesting. Tver played at the court of Metallurg. Tver managed to secure a 6-point victory 77-71 on Friday. Worth to mention a great performance of point guard Semen Gerasimov (183-2004) who helped to win the game recording 32 points. Guard Dmitry Yakunin (189-1996) contributed with 14 points for the winners. Tver's coach Aleksey Mironov used a ten-player rotation which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Rinat Gafiev (197-2005) answered with 19 points for Metallurg. Tver is looking forward to face Dynamo Ufa 2 on the road in the next round and it will be for sure the game of the week. Metallurg will play against Khimki-Podmos. and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
The game in Stavropol supposed to be also worth to mention about. Ural Yekaterinb. played at the court of Stavropol. Ural Yekaterinb. smashed Stavropol 95-47. Forward Andrey Bovduy (200-2005) stepped up with a double-double by scoring 18 points and 11 rebounds for the winners and Valentin Rogkustov chipped in 17 points and 5 rebounds. At the losing side guard Evgeniy Borisov (194-2003) responded with 12 points. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Ural Yekaterinb. will play against Dynamo-MGTU in Maykop in the next round and it will be for sure the game of the week. Stavropol will play at home against Neftekhimik and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
The game in Chelyabinsk supposed to be also quite interesting. Tver played at the court of Metallurg. Tver smashed Metallurg 98-67 on Saturday. Semen Gerasimov nailed 14 points for the winning side. Tver's coach Aleksey Mironov felt very confident that he used entire bench and allowed the starting five to rest. Rinat Gafiev came up with 14 points and 6 rebounds for Metallurg in the defeat. Tver will meet Dynamo Ufa 2 on the road in the next round and it will be for sure the game of the week. Metallurg will play against Khimki-Podmos. and it may be a tough game between close rivals.

Other games in round 1 were not that significant. Khimki-Podmos. lost to Dynamo Ufa 2 on the road 56-93. Dynamo-MGTU won against Neftekhimik on its own court 74-70. Khimki-Podmos. lost to undefeated Dynamo Ufa 2 in a road game 64-72. Dynamo-MGTU managed to beat Neftekhimik at home 76-68. Ural Yekaterinb. crushed Stavropol on the opponent's court 116-53.
The most impressive performance of 1st round was 15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals by Nikolay Astashenko of Ural Yekaterinb..



Dynamo Ufa 2 - Khimki-Podmos. 93-56:
No shocking result in a game when Dynamo Ufa 2 crushed at home Khimki-Podmos. 93-56 on Friday. Dynamo Ufa 2 forced 20 Khimki-Podmos. turnovers and outrebounded them 48-30 including a 28-16 advantage in defensive rebounds. Dynamo Ufa 2 looked well-organized offensively handing out 22 assists comparing to just 9 passes made by Khimki-Podmos.'s players. Center Maksim Voytov (207-1994) nailed 13 points and 9 rebounds (on 6-of-7 shooting from the field) for the winning side and point guard Artemiy Koshev (186-2006) accounted for 11 points and 8 assists. Five Dynamo Ufa 2 players scored in double figures. Center Bogdan Polishchuk (204-2005) came up with 15 points (perfect from the field making all seven shots !!!) and forward Ilya Rozhkov (198-1999) added 7 points and 5 rebounds respectively for Khimki-Podmos. in the defeat. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. Dynamo Ufa 2 will meet at home Tver in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Khimki-Podmos. will play against Metallurg in Chelyabinsk and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Khimki-Podmos.: B.Polishchuk 15+1reb, L.Fyodor 8+4reb+1ast, R.Ilya 7+5reb+2ast, L.Andrey 7+5reb, K.Aleksandr 7+1reb+1ast, R.Pavel 5+6reb
Dynamo Ufa 2: C.Aleksey 14+2reb+4ast, V.Maksim 13+9reb+1ast, L.Andrey 12+4reb+2ast, A.Koshev 11+2reb+8ast, A.Stepantsov 10+6reb+2ast, F.Ilya 10+3reb+1ast

Metallurg - Tver 71-77:
The game in Chelyabinsk was quite interesting. Tver played at the court of Metallurg. Tver managed to secure a 6-point victory 77-71 on Friday. Worth to mention a great performance of point guard Semen Gerasimov (183-2004) who helped to win the game recording 32 points. Guard Dmitry Yakunin (189-1996) contributed with 14 points for the winners. Tver's coach Aleksey Mironov used a ten-player rotation which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Rinat Gafiev (197-2005) answered with 19 points and forward Vladislav Dergavin (198-2006) added 14 points and 6 rebounds in the effort for Metallurg. Tver is looking forward to face Dynamo Ufa 2 on the road in the next round and it will be for sure the game of the week. Metallurg will play against Khimki-Podmos. and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Metallurg: G.Rinat 19+3reb+2ast, D.Vladislav 14+6reb, G.Vladislav 11+7reb+2ast, M.Reshetov 8+5reb+2ast, B.Ruslan 7+1reb+1ast, V.Maksim 6+1ast
Tver: S.Gerasimov 32+1reb+2ast, D.Yakunin 14+1reb+2ast, V.Ionov 8+5reb, I.Pokrovsky 6+9reb, I.Dyba 4+4reb, I.Dmitriy 4+1reb+1ast

Dynamo-MGTU - Neftekhimik T. 74-70:
Very expected game when Neftekhimik lost to Dynamo-MGTU in Maykop 70-74 on Friday. However just four-point win is not that big difference and the fans of host team counted on more convincing victory. Point guard Konstantin Klementiev (180-2002) nailed 23 points (made all of his twelve free throws !!!) for the winning side and power forward Aleksey Shirokov (205-1989) accounted for 12 points and 6 rebounds. Swingman Kirill Lenkin (196-2003) came up with 22 points and 5 rebounds (made all of his nine free throws !!!) and forward Pavel Morozov (200-2003) added 16 points and 10 rebounds respectively for Neftekhimik in the defeat. Both coaches used bench players in such tough game. Dynamo-MGTU will meet at home Ural Yekaterinb. in the next round. Neftekhimik will play against Stavropol and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
Neftekhimik T.: K.Lenkin 22+5reb+1ast, M.Pavel 16+10reb+2ast, A.Ilya 9+3reb+2ast, A.Polischuk 9+7reb, A.Vladislav 4+3reb+1ast, S.Maksim 4+1reb+1ast
Dynamo-MGTU: K.Konstantin 23+3reb, A.Shirokov 12+6reb+2ast, A.Medvedev 11+2reb+5ast, K.Derbenev 8+2reb, F.Manikhin 6+4reb+1ast, A.Pavlov 5+2reb

Stavropol - Ural Yekaterinb. 47-95:
The game in Stavropol supposed to be also worth to mention about. Ural Yekaterinb. played at the court of Stavropol. Ural Yekaterinb. smashed Stavropol 95-47. Ural Yekaterinb. made 25-of-29 charity shots (86.2 percent) during the game, while Stavropol only scored five points from the stripe. Ural Yekaterinb. forced 20 Stavropol turnovers and outrebounded them 53-27 including a 38-19 advantage in defensive rebounds. Ural Yekaterinb. players were unselfish on offense dishing 28 assists comparing to just 13 passes made by Stavropol's players. Stavropol was plagued by 27 personal fouls down the stretch. Forward Andrey Bovduy (200-2005) stepped up with a double-double by scoring 18 points and 11 rebounds for the winners and Valentin Rogkustov (195-2000, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) chipped in 17 points and 5 rebounds. At the losing side guard Evgeniy Borisov (194-2003) responded with 12 points and forward Yaroslav Prishedko (196-2004) scored 7 points and 8 rebounds. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Ural Yekaterinb. will play against Dynamo-MGTU in Maykop in the next round and it will be for sure the game of the week. Stavropol will play at home against Neftekhimik and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Stavropol: B.Evgeniy 12+4reb, T.Igor 8+2reb+3ast, T.Alexander 7+1reb+1ast, P.Yaroslav 7+8reb+1ast, A.Aleksey 5+4reb+3ast, K.Aleksey 4+2reb
Ural Yekaterinb.: A.Bovduy 18+11reb+1ast, R.Valentin 17+5reb+2ast, T.Porolev 14+5reb+4ast, Y.Danil 9+2reb+3ast, A.Semenov 7+6reb+3ast, E.Merzlyakov 7+1reb

Dynamo Ufa 2 - Khimki-Podmos. 72-64:
Rather predictable result when Dynamo Ufa 2 won against at home Khimki-Podmos. 72-64 on Saturday. Dynamo Ufa 2 shot 22 for 41 from the free-throw line, while Khimki-Podmos. only scored five points from the stripe. Dynamo Ufa 2 forced 21 Khimki-Podmos. turnovers. Center Nikolay Mukha (213-1999) nailed a double-double by scoring 10 points and 10 rebounds for the winning side and guard Andrey Lysenkov (192-1992) accounted for 14 points and 5 steals. Forward Sergey Chugunov (200-2005) came up with 6 points and 8 rebounds and Fyodor Lavrekhin (196-2006) added 10 points respectively for Khimki-Podmos. in the defeat. Both coaches used bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. Dynamo Ufa 2 will meet at home Tver in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Khimki-Podmos. will play against Metallurg in Chelyabinsk and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Khimki-Podmos.: K.Aleksandr 11+1reb+1ast, L.Andrey 10+4reb+1ast, L.Fyodor 10+4reb+1ast, R.Pavel 8+2reb, B.Smirnov 8+2reb+4ast, C.Sergey 6+8reb+2ast
Dynamo Ufa 2: L.Andrey 14+2reb+3ast, V.Maksim 10+4reb+1ast, M.Nikolay 10+10reb+1ast, L.Pavel 9+6reb+1ast, A.Stepantsov 7+3reb, A.Koshev 6+3reb+5ast

Metallurg - Tver 67-98:
The game in Chelyabinsk supposed to be also quite interesting. Tver played at the court of Metallurg. Tver smashed Metallurg 98-67 on Saturday. Tver dominated down low during the game scoring 64 of its points in the paint compared to Metallurg's 28. They outrebounded Metallurg 42-24 including a 28-14 advantage in defensive rebounds. Tver looked well-organized offensively handing out 26 assists. Point guard Semen Gerasimov (183-2004) nailed 14 points for the winning side and center Vladislav Ionov (201-2003) accounted for 9 points and 8 rebounds. Tver's coach Aleksey Mironov felt very confident that he used entire bench and allowed the starting five to rest. Rinat Gafiev (197-2005) came up with 14 points and 6 rebounds and point guard Matvey Reshetov (185-2005) added 7 points and 8 assists respectively for Metallurg in the defeat. Tver will meet Dynamo Ufa 2 on the road in the next round and it will be for sure the game of the week. Metallurg will play against Khimki-Podmos. and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Metallurg: G.Rinat 14+6reb+2ast, G.Rustam 12+2reb+1ast, K.Valeriy 8+1reb+1ast, M.Reshetov 7+3reb+8ast, B.Ruslan 6+1ast, D.Vladislav 6+1reb+2ast
Tver: V.Lebedev 14, S.Gerasimov 14+2reb+3ast, I.Pokrovsky 11+6reb+1ast, I.Dmitriy 10+2reb+1ast, R.Gimaev 10+7reb+1ast, D.Savchuk 9+3reb+1ast

Dynamo-MGTU - Neftekhimik T. 76-68:
Not a big story in a game when Neftekhimik lost to Dynamo-MGTU in Maykop 68-76 on Saturday. Dynamo-MGTU made 22-of-27 free shots (81.5 percent) during the game. Point guard Konstantin Klementiev (180-2002) nailed 17 points and 7 rebounds for the winning side and center Yuriy Kochnev (209-1989) accounted for 12 points and 12 rebounds. Four Dynamo-MGTU players scored in double figures. Forward Pavel Morozov (200-2003) came up with a double-double by scoring 15 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists and swingman Kirill Lenkin (196-2003) added 14 points respectively for Neftekhimik in the defeat. Both coaches used bench players and allowed the starting five to get some rest. Dynamo-MGTU will meet at home Ural Yekaterinb. in the next round. Neftekhimik will play against Stavropol and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
Neftekhimik T.: M.Pavel 15+11reb+5ast, K.Lenkin 14+4reb+1ast, S.Maksim 8+3reb, L.Mikhail 8+4reb, A.Polischuk 6+7reb, M.Bokarev 6+1reb+3ast
Dynamo-MGTU: A.Medvedev 17+1reb+4ast, K.Konstantin 17+7reb+3ast, A.Pavlov 15+2reb, Y.Kochnev 12+12reb+2ast, F.Manikhin 7+4reb, A.Shirokov 5+2reb

Stavropol - Ural Yekaterinb. 53-116:
Everything went according to plan when Ural Yekaterinb. outplayed on the road Stavropol 116-53 on Saturday. Ural Yekaterinb. dominated down low during the game scoring 66 of its points in the paint compared to Stavropol's 32 and made 17-of-21 free shots (81.0 percent) during the game. Ural Yekaterinb. forced 27 Stavropol turnovers and outrebounded them 47-26 including a 32-21 advantage in defensive rebounds. Ural Yekaterinb. looked well-organized offensively handing out 32 assists comparing to just 13 passes made by Stavropol's players. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when Ural Yekaterinb. made 7 blocks. Belarusian Timofey Porolev (207-1997) nailed 21 points for the winning side and forward Nikolay Astashenko (193-2006) accounted for 15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. Five Ural Yekaterinb. players scored in double figures. Forward Yaroslav Prishedko (196-2004) came up with 10 points and 7 rebounds and guard Alexander Tarantsov (193-2002) added 8 points respectively for Stavropol in the defeat. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players and allowed the starting five to get some rest. Ural Yekaterinb. will meet Dynamo-MGTU in the next round and it will be for sure the game of the week. Stavropol will play against Neftekhimik and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Stavropol: P.Yaroslav 10+7reb, T.Alexander 8+4reb+2ast, T.Igor 8+1reb+3ast, P.Tikhon 7+1ast, T.Denis 6+1reb+1ast, A.Aleksey 4+4reb+1ast
Ural Yekaterinb.: T.Porolev 21+4reb+1ast, A.Bovduy 15+8reb, N.Astashenko 15+6reb+4ast, E.Merzlyakov 12+1reb+3ast, A.Milyutin 12+8reb+2ast, A.Semenov 11+6reb+1ast