Quantity does not always translate into quality. A series of coaching permutations in “Khimki” should not have a positive impact on the game team. And so it happened. True, explaining why Dynamo acted in much the same way - on the streetball - is more difficult. The entire first half of the guests turned out perfectly. Let Nicholas Padius and Roderick Blackney disdain to take advantage of the exchange when they came out "big", but both fell. Plus, Joshua Davis felt confident, Igor Zamansky was in the distance, he always played with a special spirit against his former team, and the incumbent Fedor Likholitov, with a dashing slam dunk, sent Vladimir Veremeenko, who turned up on the way, who got a second foul. “Khimki” barely managed to equalize - tried to successfully replaced Vladimir Dyachok, as the blue-white again went ahead by a two-digit difference.
It was very difficult to find any logic in what was happening. The hosts, clearly superior to the rival in the class, were inferior to the assertiveness of the guests, and both of them performed completely illogical actions, a real hell was happening in the stands, and after the break, the referees made a fuss about basketball with the already delusional elements.
If in the first half their mistakes could still be partially attributed to unwillingness to destroy the logic of the episode, then in the third quarter there were too many of them. There is no need to blame the lack of qualifications of FIBA referees Dadugin and Saitgaleev: they very carefully - intentionally or accidentally - broke the Dynamo game, unsettling the entire team of guests with a few whistles. The crown of creation were four penalties and possession obtained by “Khimki” in one attack, which turned into 5 points of the hosts.
It was painful to watch the Dynamo coach Rutyanis Paulauskas. At the press conference, he answered "half the questions, please." “As for refereeing, I take a vow of silence. For three months. In the meantime ... Did that episode break the team’s game?” Khimki received 10 additional fouls on fouls fixed in the center of the field and under someone else’s ring, and our guys were literally pushed out of the court with impunity. Do you think this affected the players? "
You can sympathize with Kestutisu Kemzure, who was provided with a comfortable ending to his debut match as a coach of Khimki. His wards, whom only two training sessions had been assigned to ex-assistant David Blatt to meet, could well have been dealt with without additional help. They have already demonstrated an amazing character. Veremeenko replied to Likholitov, who stopped the striker flying to the ring only a foul, Ruben Volkovyski’s clenched fist repeatedly noted the hit, and the scattered Vitaly Fridzon in the end looked like a formidable sniper.
During the break, Kemzura managed to rid the team of “static”, correctly manage the advantages of zone defense, correctly use Melvin Booker, who remained the only experienced playmaker after the injury, Gianmarco Poczecco, play on the fatigue and confusion of rivals knocked out of the ruts by external factors. For a start it’s not bad.
That's just the sediment left ...
Nikolai TSYNKEVICH
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