National League Round 5 of Semi-Finals. Astana nip Barsy to enter Finals

Astana - Barsy Atyrau 88-87

Astana shot the lights out from three sinking 18 long-distance shots on high 51.4 percentage. The best player for the winners was American point guard EJ Day (180-1999, college: Lasell) who scored 34 points (!!!), 6 rebounds and 8 assists. Lithuanian guard Adas Juskevicius (194-1989, agency: Alti Sport) chipped in 15 points and 4 assists. American point guard Michael Mays (178-1999, college: King) produced 38 points (!!!) and the other American import forward Marty Jackson (198-2000, college: St.Leo) added 20 points and 9 rebounds respectively for the guests. Four Barsy Atyrau players scored in double figures. Barsy Atyrau's coach Alexandr Lyssyak rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help.
Top scorers:
Astana: D.EJ 34+6reb+8ast, Z.Alexander 16+4reb+1ast, J.Adas 15+3reb+4ast, P.Robert 9+5reb, R.Aitkali 8+1reb, V.Chsherbak 5+1reb+1ast
Barsy Atyrau: M.Michael 38+3reb+2ast, M.Jackson 20+9reb+3ast, O.Aibolat 13+4reb+1ast, S.Ramazan 10+6reb+2ast, O.Akylbek 3, M.Abat 3