Higher League Round 5 (Regular Season): Leader Bars get another victory

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Undefeated leader Bars delivered the fifth consecutive win on Friday night. This time they crushed 6th ranked ChelSU (2-2) 98-66 in Petropavlovsk. Bars outrebounded ChelSU 56-30 including a 23-6 advantage in offensive rebounds. Bars looked well-organized offensively handing out 31 assists. The best player for the winners was who had a double-double by scoring 25 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists (was perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line). chipped in 16 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Bars' coach Igor Popov felt very confident that he used entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Maxim Zhukov produced 30 points and 5 assists for the guests. Undefeated Bars (5-0) have an impressive series of five victories in a row. They maintain first place with a perfect record of 5 victories in a row. ChelSU at the other side keeps the sixth position with two games lost. Bars are looking forward to face Tigers-KazATU (#7) in Astana in the next round which should be theoretically another easy game. ChelSU's supporters also look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Kostanay Tobyl.
Leader Shymkent blasted bottom-ranked Almaty-2 (0-3) in Shymkent 96-64 keeping the perfect record after 5 rounds. Almaty-2 is still unable to win any game. orchestrated the victory by scoring 31 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals (on 10-of-12 shooting from the field). Aleksei Vereshagin contributed with 21 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists for the winners. Bogdan Boyko answered with 8 points and 9 rebounds for Almaty-2. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. The victory was the third consecutive win for Shymkent. They maintain fourth place with 3-0 record, which they share with Turan. Almaty-2 lost their third game in a row. They still close the standings with three games lost. They share the position with Champ1on. Shymkent will play against Turan (#5) in Turkistan in the next round. Almaty-2's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Almaty to the arena Champ1on.
Leader Shymkent blasted bottom-ranked Champ1on (0-3) in Almaty 102-55 on Friday evening keeping the perfect record after 5 rounds. Champ1on is still unable to win any game. Anuar Shakirov stepped up and scored 16 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals for the winners. Bektimir Tau responded with 4 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 7 steals. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. The victory was the third consecutive win for Shymkent. They maintain fourth place with 3-0 record, which they share with Turan. Champ1on lost their third game in a row. They still close the standings with three games lost. They share the position with Almaty-2. Shymkent will meet at home Turan (#5) in the next round. Champ1on's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Almaty Almaty-2.

In the last two games of round 5 winless Tobyl was crushed by Tigers-KazATU in Astana 86-53. Winless Almaty-2 lost to undefeated Turan at home 61-99.
The best stats of 5th round was 29 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists by Askar Akhmetzhan of Turan.



Shymkent - Almaty-2 96-64

Leader Shymkent blasted bottom-ranked Almaty-2 (0-3) in Shymkent 96-64 keeping the perfect record after 5 rounds. Almaty-2 is still unable to win any game. Shymkent players were unselfish on offense dishing 21 assists. orchestrated the victory by scoring 31 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals (on 10-of-12 shooting from the field). contributed with a double-double by scoring 21 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists for the winners. Four Shymkent players scored in double figures. Bogdan Boyko answered with 8 points and 9 rebounds and Sabir Tagiev added 7 points and 10 rebounds in the effort for Almaty-2. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. The victory was the third consecutive win for Shymkent. They maintain fourth place with 3-0 record, which they share with Turan. Almaty-2 lost their third game in a row. They still close the standings with three games lost. They share the position with Champ1on. Shymkent will play against Turan (#5) in Turkistan in the next round. Almaty-2's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Almaty to the arena Champ1on.
Top scorers:
Almaty-2: U.Eldar 13+2reb+1ast, B.Bogdan 8+9reb+2ast, T.Sabir 7+10reb, B.Amir 6+7reb+3ast, G.Platon 5+5reb, K.Egor 5+1reb+1ast
Shymkent: S.Anuar 31+6reb+4ast, V.Aleksei 21+12reb+5ast, Y.Victor 17+5reb+2ast, B.Vadim 15+8reb+6ast, P.Alexander 8+6reb+3ast, K.Aleksey 2+1reb

Bars - ChelSU 98-66

Undefeated leader Bars delivered the fifth consecutive win on Friday night. This time they crushed 6th ranked ChelSU (2-2) 98-66 in Petropavlovsk. Bars outrebounded ChelSU 56-30 including a 23-6 advantage in offensive rebounds. Bars looked well-organized offensively handing out 31 assists. The best player for the winners was who had a double-double by scoring 25 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists (was perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line). chipped in 16 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Four Bars players scored in double figures. Bars' coach Igor Popov felt very confident that he used entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Maxim Zhukov produced 30 points and 5 assists and Aleksey Bogatyrev added 13 points and 4 assists respectively for the guests. Bars (5-0) have an impressive series of five victories in a row. They maintain first place with a perfect record of 5 victories in a row. ChelSU at the other side keeps the sixth position with two games lost. Bars are looking forward to face Tigers-KazATU (#7) in Astana in the next round which should be theoretically another easy game. ChelSU's supporters also look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Kostanay Tobyl.
Top scorers:
ChelSU: Z.Maxim 30+1reb+5ast, K.Dmitry 14+4reb+2ast, B.Aleksey 13+4reb+4ast, L.Dmitriy 5+7reb+5ast, A.Nikita 2+1ast, R.Stanislav 2+8reb+2ast
Bars: N.Maksim 25+10reb+4ast, D.Sergey 19+5reb+4ast, P.Artem 16+7reb+6ast, N.Daniyal 12+6reb, K.Artem 9+1reb+5ast, A.Anatoly 9+13reb+7ast

Champ1on - Shymkent 55-102

Leader Shymkent blasted bottom-ranked Champ1on (0-3) in Almaty 102-55 on Friday evening keeping the perfect record after 5 rounds. Champ1on is still unable to win any game. Shymkent dominated down low during the game scoring 68 of its points in the paint compared to Champ1on's 36. Shymkent forced 30 Champ1on turnovers and outrebounded them 54-30 including a 37-22 advantage in defensive rebounds. Shymkent looked well-organized offensively handing out 31 assists comparing to just 12 passes made by Champ1on's players. stepped up and scored 16 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals for the winners and chipped in 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Five Shymkent players scored in double figures. Bektimir Tau responded with 4 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 7 steals and Roman Shabatura scored 12 points. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. The victory was the third consecutive win for Shymkent. They maintain fourth place with 3-0 record, which they share with Turan. Champ1on lost their third game in a row. They still close the standings with three games lost. They share the position with Almaty-2. Shymkent will meet at home Turan (#5) in the next round. Champ1on's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Almaty Almaty-2.
Top scorers:
Champ1on: K.Iliya 12+2reb, S.Roman 12+4reb, S.Vitaliy 9+1reb, R.Anton 9+4reb+1ast, Z.Alan 5+1reb+2ast, T.Bektimir 4+8reb+4ast
Shymkent: S.Anuar 16+8reb+9ast, P.Alexander 16+3reb+1ast, K.Aleksander 15+4reb, V.Aleksei 13+6reb+4ast, B.Vadim 11+6reb+5ast, Y.Victor 10+6reb+4ast

Tigers-KazATU - Tobyl 86-53

There was no surprise in Astana where bottom-ranked Tobyl (0-4) was crushed by seventh ranked Tigers-KazATU (2-3) 86-53 on Friday. Tigers-KazATU dominated down low during the game scoring 52 of its points in the paint compared to Tobyl's 26. Tigers-KazATU forced 25 Tobyl turnovers. stepped up and scored 23 points for the winners and chipped in 15 points. Ramil Urazbaev responded with a double-double by scoring 12 points and 11 rebounds and Darim Sulatanov scored 15 points and 6 rebounds. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players and allowed the starting five to get some rest. Tigers-KazATU maintains seventh place with 2-3 record. Tobyl lost their fourth game in a row. They still close the standings with four games lost. Tigers-KazATU will meet league's leader Bars in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Tobyl's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Kostanay to the arena ChelSU.
Top scorers:
Tobyl: S.Darim 15+6reb+1ast, U.Ramil 12+11reb+3ast, S.Adil 8+5reb, S.Mikhail 7+7reb+2ast, V.Timur 6+3reb, S.Ilya 4+2ast
Tigers-KazATU: Z.Shyndos 23+3reb+2ast, B.Ivan 15+2reb+1ast, T.Erasyl 15+2reb+1ast, K.Yerkebulan 9+6reb+3ast, A.Zhanibek 7+3reb+1ast, U.Bibars 6+2reb+3ast

Almaty-2 - Turan 61-99

No shocking result in a game when leader Turan (3-0) smashed on the road bottom-ranked Almaty-2 (0-3) 99-61 on Friday. Turan forced 31 Almaty-2 turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 31 assists comparing to just 11 passes made by Almaty-2's players. stepped up and scored 29 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists (on 11-of-14 shooting from the field) for the winners and chipped in 15 points and 8 rebounds. Eldar Umerov responded with 16 points and Bogdan Boyko scored 11 points and 5 rebounds. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players and allowed the starting five to get some rest. The victory was the third consecutive win for Turan. They moved-up to fourth place, which they share with Shymkent. Almaty-2 lost their third game in a row. They still close the standings with three games lost. They share the position with Champ1on. Turan will meet Shymkent (#4) on the road in the next round. Almaty-2's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Almaty to the arena Champ1on.
Top scorers:
Almaty-2: U.Eldar 16+3reb, B.Bogdan 11+5reb+1ast, S.Gleb 10+4reb+1ast, B.Amir 8+3reb+2ast, T.Sabir 6+2reb+4ast, M.Ramil 4+3reb
Turan: A.Askar 29+9reb+4ast, M.Begzod 15+8reb+3ast, R.Shahzod 11+11reb+2ast, B.Sergei 9+2reb+3ast, U.Osman 9+2ast, J.Saparbek 8+2reb+3ast