After numerous lead changes, the visitors pulled away down the stretch, the biggest blow coming on a Trey Thompkins 3-pointer with 55 seconds left that put Nizhny up by four. The win moves Nizhny to 3-0 on the season.
Nizhny Novgorod - Krasnye Krylya - 78-73
BC NN head coach Ainars Bagatskis:
As expected, the game was really tough. Samara played with extra energy and demonstrated quality basketball. Our game plan looked like this: don't do anything stupid on defense, don't rush things on offense, make smart decisions and don't take any hurried shots. As long as we played like that, we more or less controlled the game.
In the third quarter, we had some foul trouble. In the final 10 minutes Krylia started to sense that it could come back. Anton Pushkov really helped the home team. He did what he was supposed to: make his shots. Andrei Mateiunas made a couple of good shots. After that, it looked like we were in trouble, but our guys showed their toughness again. They settled down and took advantage of their opportunities in the final two minutes.
Nizhny Novgorod landed Sean Denison
BC Nizhny Novgorod signed a one-year deal with Canadian bigman Sean Denison (211 cm, 111 kg, 32 y.o.). Last season he spent in Romanian CSM Oradea, participating in the national championship and Basketball Champions League. From 2011 till 2013 he played in Russian clubs Spartak-Primorye and Ataman.
Nizhny Novgorod terminated the contract with American forward Erik McCree who’d joined the team this august. The decision was made by mutual agreement. At the moment Nizhny is in search of a new player for the vacant place.
BC Nizhny Novgorod signed Erik McCree
BC NN signed a two-year contract with American forward Erik McCree (23 y.o., 203 cm, 102 kg). From 2013 to 2017 he was playing for Louisiana Tech in NCAA. Last season he showed his best statistics averaging 17,7 points, 8,9 rebounds, 1,3 assists in 33 games.
Sterling Gibbs joins BC Nizhny Novgorod
BC NN signed a two-year deal with American point guard Sterling Gibbs (188cm, 84kg, 24 y.o). In his college years he played for Seton Hall Pirates and Connecticut Huskies in NCAA. In 2016-2017 spent his first season overseas as he joined Hungarian team Kormend. He helped the team to semifinals in Hungarian Cup and Hungarian League averaging 14,4 points, 2,1 rebounds, 3,3 assists in 27 games.
