Basketball Champions League. Group B. Round 4.
Avtodor Saratov (Russia) vs. Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir (Turkey) - 74-76 (24-18, 17-19, 15-29, 18-10).
Avtodor Saratov: Minnerath (28+8 rebounds+1 steal), Zubcic (14+5 rebounds+2 assists), Kolyushkin (11+3 assists+2 rebounds+1 blocked shot), Kolesnikov (11+4 rebounds+2 assists+1 blocked shot+1 steal).
Pinar Karsiyaka: Brown (22+9 rebounds+9 assists), Ponitka (18+7 rebounds+1 blocked shot), Owens (13+5 rebounds).
GAME PHOTOS
Four Avtodor players have scored two-digit number of points. Fantastic performance was shown by Nick Minnerath as he had 28 points and 8 rebounds. Tomislav Zubcic added 14 points and 5 rebounds. Maxim Kolyushkin and Evgeny Kolesnikov scored 11 points each. J'Covan Brown was close to triple-double as he collected 22 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists. The Polish National Team guard Mateusz Ponitka had 18 points and 7 rebounds making the decisive buzzer with 0.8 points left in the game.
The main event of the night was attendance at the game the NBA legend John STOCKTON, two-times Olympic Champion, the NBA All-Star Game participant for 10 times, Basketball Hall of Fame member. When the legendary playmaker was announced, all spectators became stand and started to applaud.
Avtodor will play their next home game on Sunday, 13th November, at 18.00 (Moscow time) in Riga against VEF Riga in the VTB League regular championship.