National League Round 4 of Semi-Finals. Irbis and Barsy Atyrau force deciders

Aktobe - Irbis 86-91

Irbis looked well-organized offensively handing out 32 assists. 28 personal fouls committed by Aktobe helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. American players dominated the game. Worth to mention a great performance of guard Lorenzo Anderson (190-2000, college: Peru St.) who helped to win the game recording 28 points. Point guard Marcus Myers (185-1996, college: Aurora, agency: Octagon Europe) contributed with a double-double by scoring 11 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists for the winners. Point guard Shakir Smith (185-1992, college: ASU) replied with 29 points and 8 assists and guard Vante Hendrix (196-1998, college: CSUN, agency: Interperformances) added 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists in the effort for Aktobe. Five Irbis and four Aktobe players scored in double figures.
Top scorers:
Aktobe: S.Smith 29+2reb+8ast, V.Hendrix 18+10reb+4ast, J.Williams 15+3reb+2ast, A.Marat 13+4reb+3ast, K.Neff 6+2reb, V.Petrishinets 5+9reb+1ast
Irbis: L.Anderson 28+4reb+3ast, N.Bazhin 16+8reb+3ast, A.Zhigulin 16+5reb+4ast, R.Pan 15+9reb+4ast, M.Myers 11+10reb+9ast, D.Tykhonov 3+2reb+3ast

Tobol - Barsy Atyrau 67-78

Barsy Atyrau players were unselfish on offense dishing 24 assists. Worth to mention a great performance of Bogdan Rabchenyuk (188-2003) who helped to win the game recording 23 points and 6 assists and American point guard Jarvis Garrett (182-1995, college: URI) who added 12 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists during the contest. Four Barsy Atyrau players scored in double figures. Barsy Atyrau's coach Tigran Gyokchyan allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. At the losing side the former international forward Anton Bykov (200-1989) responded with a double-double by scoring 24 points and 16 rebounds and Russian Dmitriy Doynikov (204-1994) produced a double-double by scoring 19 points and 10 rebounds.
Top scorers:
Tobol: A.Bykov 24+16reb+3ast, D.Doynikov 19+10reb+3ast, A.Stepantsov 7+4reb+1ast, S.Kuanov 7+3reb+5ast, P.Ilyin 5+2reb+4ast, K.Dvirnyi 3+2reb+2ast
Barsy Atyrau: R.Bogdan 23+2reb+6ast, M.Okafor 20+6reb+1ast, J.Garrett 12+6reb+10ast, J.Gregg 11+7reb, T.Timur 6, V.Ivanov 4+8reb+3ast