The Ukrainian champion suffered his second defeat of the season thanks to a dramatic outcome
Kyiv-Basket dramatically beat Budivelnik in the central match of the Lutsk bubble FAVBET Super Leagues — 69:68.
The capital’s derby was a great success. Kyiv-Basket played a powerful first quarter and, as a result, won a handicap of 13 points. But the champion managed to improve and by the big break managed to significantly reduce the gap – 33:38.
Budivelnik continued to try to increase his advantage. In the third period of the match he took the lead several times. The final quarter started with an equal score of 51:51. Dmitry Zabirchenko’s team was ahead for all 10 minutes. Just before the end, Budivelnik led 68:63. And then the opponent made an amazing breakthrough and snatched victory literally in the last seconds.
Budivelnik suffered his second defeat of the season, ending his five-match winning streak. However, the reigning champion retained second place in the Super League table. In terms of winning percentage, Kyiv-Basket now shares 4-6 places with Zaporozhye and Cherkassy Mavpy.
Tomorrow, November 2, Budivelnik will fight with Cherkasy Mavpy, and Kyiv-Basket will meet with BIPA.
- Super League. Regular season
Kyiv-Basket — Budivelnik — 69:68 (26:13, 12:20, 13:18, 18:17)
Kyiv-Basket: Bynum (25 + 5 rebounds), Kingsby (22 – 3 losses), Haimon (7 – 4 losses), Zaplotinsky (5 + 13 rebounds), Yurchenko (4), Kogut (4), Ivanov (2)
Budivelnik: Sandul (19 + 13 rebounds), Konev (15 + 6 rebounds + 4 assists – 4 losses), Burenko (15 + 5 assists), Zaitsev (7), Koshevatsky (6 – 4 losses), Nikitin (3 + 5 rebounds + 4 assists), Kabanov (3), Kolchenko (0 + 4 assists)
Source: Sportarena
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