Kazakh "Astana" at home caused a major defeat to the Russian "Zenit" — 87:64 (23:21, 21:21, 21:12, 21:10). 

The people of Kazakhstan immediately indicated the seriousness of their intentions, winning the first 10-minute – 23:21. The entire first half on the floor there was a fierce struggle – shortly before the whistle for the break Kyle Kuric briefly put the visitors in front, but the "Astana" found its heroes in the person of Anthony Clemmons and of Leonidas Caselogic regained the leadership of the owners.

The fracture happened after the break. Fighting on two fronts, "Zenit" lost energy than did not fail to take advantage of the aggressive owners. Clemmons and Basilakis continued to lead his command forward, and soon the difference in the score reached double digits. Finally wrong game "Zenith" in the final game segment: the first 9 minutes, as they managed to score only 2 points, and just relaxed for a long time ensured the home win allowed Vasily Karasev wards to avoid record season. "Astana" wins the most important Victoria and is again included in the fight for the playoffs.

Hero: ICA Udana. The American took full advantage of the absence of the main "big" pitertsev drew Gordon and held one of the best matches for "Astana", making a double-double – 21 points and 10 rebounds in just 27 minutes.

The most productive:

"Astana": the IR Udana (21+10 rebounds), Anthony Clemmons (17+5 rebounds), Leonidas Katelaris (16+6 rebounds), Justin Carter (15) Zenit: Kyle Kuric (13), Marco Simonovich (10) 

I.O. about head coach of BC "Astana" Mikhail Karpenko:

- I must say that in the first half there was an equal game, and this affected the score, we attacked well, but made mistakes in defense, made losses, which for us ended with light points of the opponent. At the same time, we focused on our task and followed the game plan. In the second half we started to break away in the score, but in the fourth quarter we controlled the game completely. Thanks to the team for work congratulations to all the fans with a big win.

Zenit head coach Vasily Karasev:

- It was a difficult trip for us-the team has just returned from Italy, where it was a difficult game for going to the playoffs. We had one day to prepare for today's match. The team was slow in all components. We did not run at all, could not beat one on one, tried to bet on three-point throws, but smeared.

The next matches of "Astana" will be held on its site, on February 14 and 15, the capital's basketball players will take the basketball club "Barys Atyrau" within the National League of Kazakhstan Championship.

The next match in the VTB United League "Astana" will be held on its parquet, on March 4, the capital's basketball players will take on their parquet Belarusian club "Tsmoki Minsk".

Source: pbcastana.kz