The classic confrontation between the two most consistently successful clubs of the Russian Super League has long been in no need of advertising - for the history of rivalry in the same league, the teams have already presented dozens of bright matches to the fans and each new meeting of the" irreconcilable friends " arouses increased interest.

However, the meeting in Omsk was fraught with another intrigue - Neftyanik remained the only club in the Super League-1 that could challenge the «Panthers» championship in the regular part of the championship.

In the first round match in Rostov-on-Don, the Siberian basketball players were unable to offer serious resistance to the champions, losing to our team by almost thirty points-84: 55. However, the Omsk team traditionally gained a powerful move by the spring and before the return meeting with Rostov-Don-SFedU had a series of seven consecutive victories.

The first half of the match was held with the advantage of the Rostov team. The Panthers created a seven-point lead in the first quarter (21: 14), and in the second they slightly increased the difference-37: 27 by the big break.

However, the most interesting thing happened in the second half of the meeting. In the third period, the Siberians made every effort to level the situation. During the quarter, they managed to get within one shot of the Panthers-40: 43 in just over three minutes before the end of the period. However, by the end of the quarter, the Rostovites managed to regain a comfortable difference in the score - 51: 40. In the beginning of the fourth period, the team of Dmitry Fedoseev was able to add more. Just over four minutes before the end of the quarter, after a precise long-range hit by Ekaterina Voronina, our team's advantage is already 20 points-64: 44!

For many teams, this would sound like a verdict, final and not subject to appeal. But not for the Siberians with their trademark character - a series of three-point shots performed by the housewives of the parquet returns the intrigue. The players of "Neftyanik" catch the courage and at the last minute again reduce the difference in the score to the distance of one hit due to the three-point arc-63: 66. But then it was the turn of the Donetsk women to remind about their character - after the shots of Anna Zaitseva and Ekaterina Gunchenko, the final result was established-70: 63.

Dmitry Fedoseyev's team wins 26 consecutive victories and, like a year ago, prematurely becomes the winner of the regular stage of the Super League-1 championship!

Anna Zaitseva scores 23 points and becomes the most productive player of the match. Ekaterina Gunchenko earns 11 scoring points, Veronika Pavlyuchenko 10.

On March 7, the Panthers will play in Yekaterinburg. The match against UMMC-Junior will start at 11: 00 Moscow time, and a video broadcast of the match will be available on our website.