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Held two match of Ukrainian basketball Superleague.
“Chemist” – “the Polytechnic” / fbu.ua

Thursday held two match of basketball Superleague. Odessa took the second team of the season, Dnipro and lost 59:72, and the leader of the championship “Chemist” could not confirm the status of favorite in the home game with “Polytechnic” – the defeat 87:92. This is the official website of the tournament.

Main problem of Odessa in the first half of the match against Dnipro was the game in attack. The team of Oleg Oskina, which is out of the game still remains Alexander Belikov, the break has sold 29% of shots from the game, scoring with only 1 of 14 three-pointers. The owners of more lost the ball, getting 13 points in the fast break against Dnipro. The team of Denis Zhuravlev, taking advantage of the silence of the opponents in the attack, their capabilities have used better and got 13 points advantage before the second half. Separately, we note the return to the site Kirill Fesenko, who played after his injury for the first time since 23 Dec.

A good period at the start of the third quarter gave the fans the owners hope the intrigue. The citizens have made a breakthrough 17:6, reducing the gap to 2 points. But the “Dnepr” on time decided problems in defence, ending the quarter with a pair of successful attacks, and regained a more comfortable 8-point advantage before the final part of the game. In the fourth quarter guests all the questions removed: Dnipro quite quickly returned to double-digit distance and controlled the game until the end of the match. Lowest percentage of shots from games are not allowed “Odessa” to claim victory in this match.

Odessa – Dnipro 59:72 (11:16, 11:19, 25:12, 15:22)

Khimik started the match well with “Polytechnic”, winning the first period with a narrow lead of 3 points. Wards Vitaly Stepanovski had the advantage on rebounds and being more moved the ball. But Those 11 points from Jay Cromer has not allowed owners to run away.

In the second quarter, the team of Vladimir Koval improved his defense, and the game involved Graham, which significantly complicated the yuzhnenets life in the paint. American bunch of Kharkiv worked well in attack, and distant hit of Cromer and Serena took the opportunity to go into halftime with a lead of one point.

The third quarter can be divided into three waves: first, the guests increased the lead, then allowed the “Chemist” to get back to the leaders, and at the end of the quarter thanks to two far from Davis and trulink Kozlov took the lead again. Antipova well-aimed three-pointer three seconds before the siren reduced the backlog of “Chemist” before the final quarter to 4 points.

The owners at the equator of the final quarter, managed to neutralize the gap to level the score, but the last word in that swing was for owners. Thanks to fantastic game in the second half from Davis, who converted 8 of 16 three-pointers, and a series of rebounds in someone else’s basket “Polytechnic” spent the better ending.

The key was the attack early in the final minute, when the guests four times in a row in one possession he collected the rebound on the shield of opponents and still delivered the ball into the basket of yuzhnenets, having 4 points advantage. Khimik tried to return, but “Polytechnic” unmistakably held final minute and for the first time in the season defeated “Chemist”.

The leader of the season suffered a sensational defeat at home, losing the match with a score of 87:92.

Chemist – Polytechnic 87:92 (24:21, 20:24, 22:25, 21:22)