National League Round 5 of Semi-Finals. Irbis and Barsy Atyrau seal Finals appearance

Irbis - Aktobe 81-78

Irbis made 19-of-25 free shots (76.0 percent) during the game. American guard Lorenzo Anderson (190-2000, college: Peru St.) orchestrated the victory by scoring 37 points (!!!) and 8 rebounds. His fellow American import point guard Marcus Myers (185-1996, college: Aurora, agency: Octagon Europe) contributed with 12 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals for the winners. American center Jai Williams (206-1995, college: St.Joseph's) answered with a double-double by scoring 23 points and 12 rebounds (on 11-of-13 shooting from the field) and forward Sergei Bormatenkov (191-1991) added 14 points and 8 rebounds in the effort for Aktobe. Five Aktobe players scored in double figures.
Top scorers:
Irbis: L.Anderson 37+8reb+2ast, A.Zhigulin 17+5reb+1ast, M.Myers 12+7reb+6ast, R.Pan 9+9reb+1ast, N.Bazhin 5+5reb, A.Kozyrkin 1+3reb+2ast
Aktobe: J.Williams 23+12reb, B.Sergei 14+8reb, V.Petrishinets 11+8reb+1ast, V.Hendrix 10+5reb+5ast, A.Marat 10+2reb+3ast, S.Smith 8+1reb+1ast

Barsy Atyrau - Tobol 75-71

Barsy Atyrau players were unselfish on offense dishing 25 assists. American point guard Jarvis Garrett (182-1995, college: URI) stepped up with a double-double by scoring 18 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists for the winners and Bogdan Rabchenyuk (188-2003) chipped in 15 points and 7 assists. Four Barsy Atyrau players scored in double figures. Russian Dmitriy Doynikov (204-1994) responded with a double-double by scoring 28 points and 13 rebounds (was perfect 9-for-9 from the free throw line !!!) and the former international forward Anton Bykov (200-1989) scored 6 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.
Top scorers:
Barsy Atyrau: J.Garrett 18+5reb+10ast, R.Bogdan 15+4reb+7ast, J.Gregg 13+9reb+1ast, M.Uapov 11+3reb+2ast, T.Timur 8+3reb, S.Ramazan 4+3reb+1ast
Tobol: D.Doynikov 28+13reb+2ast, A.Stepantsov 11+4reb+1ast, K.Dvirnyi 7+2reb+1ast, P.Ilyin 7+3reb+5ast, A.Bykov 6+7reb+5ast, S.Kuanov 4+1reb+9ast