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Loko finishes the first part of the regular season with a win in Minsk

Lokomotiv Kuban defeated MINSK in 11th round — 92:70.

Jaylen Barford and Darral Willis scored 12 points in the first quarter. It provided Loko with the lead 18:16. By the end of the first half Lokomotiv led even with a bigger margin. Barford proved to be a true leader scoring 5 three pointers. He had 17 points making a strong statement to challenge the title of the best scorer of the League.

The hosts made a come back in the third quarter shortening the gap in the score up to 3 points. But the best young player of the VTB League 2021/22 season Andrey Martiuk and experienced Serbian Ivan Paunic step up and returned a comfortable lead for the team before the final quarter – 69:57. After that Loko didn’t let the opponent to challenge the win in the game anymore.

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