In the third match of the qualifying round of the 2019 world basketball Championship, the national team of Kazakhstan suffered the first defeat from the favorite of the group — the national team of Iran.

It should be noted that in the national team of Kazakhstan in the match did not take part the leader of the team — Anton Ponomarev in mind shoulder injury.

Although the first period of Kazakhstan began to actively and in defense, and in the implementation of throws, but still the Iranians managed to tilt the scales in their direction, ending the first ten minutes with a minimum advantage of one point — 15:16.

In the second period, the Iranians were more successful and accurate, which gave them an advantage of 10 points, but the hosts of the parquet before the final whistle had to implement an accurate "crash", which reduced the backlog to -7 points. The big break the team went with a score of 25:32 in favor of the guests.

After a long break, the people of Kazakhstan tried to reduce the difference, which in principle worked in some places, but the opponent with each attack increased its advantage, as a result of the third period – 36:47 in favor of Iran. In the final period, the Iranians already fully owned the situation and finished the match with a score of 54:75.

The best player of the match was Rustam Murzagaliyev, who scored 18 points, Anatoly Kolesnikov - 10 points, 14 rebounds and Alexander Zhigulin-8 points, 6 rebounds.

Hamed Ehadadi - 20 points, 20 rebounds-became the best player of the match.

The next match will be held this Sunday, February 25, against Qatar. The match starts at 18.00 hours.

Source: pbcastana.kz