John Brown keeps UNICS Kazan first in VTB with all-around game vs. Zielona Gora / News - Basketnews.com

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UNICS Kazan (10-2) snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against hosts Zielona Gora (1-10), coming back from -19 and finally prevailing by 80-85 (15-22, 21-29, 25-16, 13-24).

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The Polish side scored 51 points in the first half, leading by as many as 19 points (47-28) just before the two teams went to the locker room with the score 51-36 for the hosts.Upon returning to the court, Perasovic's players took a couple of minutes before starting to bounce back. Thanks to a partial score of 25-16 in the third quarter, the game almost broke even and everything went down to the final period.

UNICS managed to tie the game at 78 apiece with John Brown while limiting the bottom-placed Zielona Gora squad to only two points in the last three minutes. John Brown finished with 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists, Mario Hezonja chipped in 19 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Isaiah Canaan added 17, while Lorenzo Brown contributed with 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists.For Zielona Gora, Goran Apic was excellent with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists and Tony Meyer put up 13 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Zielona Gora: Dragan Apic 20 (9/11 FG, 2/2 FT, 12 REB, 3 AST), Tony Meier 13 (5/6 FG, 2/2 FT), Namanja Nenadic 11 (5/13 FG), Andy Mazurcak 11 (3/4 FG, 4/4 FT, 5 AST).

UNICS Kazan: John Brown 20 (9/16 FG, 2/3 FT, 9 REB, 5 AST, 3 ST), Mario Hezonja 19 (7/16 FG, 5/7 FT, 6 REB, 3 AST), Isaiah Canaan 17 (5/14 FG, 4/6 FT), Lorenzo Brown 12 (4/11 FG, 3/4 FT, 7 REB, 6 AST).

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