The current champion of Ukraine in basketball “Chemist” scored an incredible comeback in the final match of the semifinal series against Dnipro.
The first half with a 12-point margin won “Dnepr” – the guests, using the inertia of the players of “Chemist”, to the big break have implemented 7 of 10 three-pointers.
In the beginning of the third quarter the advantage of “Dnepr” has reached 16 points. Head coach of “Chemist” Vitaly Stepanovski took a timeout and was able to find the right words for his team. The hosts finally remembered the protection and great performance on American Legionnaires Jamie Smith and Jason Lava allowed the “Chemist” to get back in the game.
In the final quarter the hosts played double-digit backlog, and in the “clutch” finished off “Dnepr”. The guests in the victory until recently believed only Stanislav timofeyenko, whose efforts were not enough to pull his team to the finals of the Superleague.
Now the “Chemist” remains to wait for an outcome of a series between “Budivelnik” and “Cherkasy Maitami”. Kiev won both home games and close to getting to the final.
Khimik — Dnipro 75:71 (14:23, 16:19, 20:16, 25:13), the account in a series 3:2
Chemist: Smith (31), Love (22 + 17 rebounds), Konev (8 + 7 rebounds).
Dnepr: timofeyenko (25 + 9 rebounds + 5 losses), Mishula (15), zakurdaev (9).
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