UNICS defeated PARMA at home – 103:92 (26:21, 30:21, 26:29, 21:21).

Game progress
From the very first minutes, the teams began to delight fans with bright moments. But midway through the second quarter, Marcos Knight helped UNICS to take a double-digit lead for the first time in the game – 46:33. The Perm team didn’t allow the opponent to significantly increase the lead, while the Kazan team kept a double-digit difference by halftime – 56:42.

Key moment
The game was the same after the break. The Perm team looked no worse than their opponent. Moreover, the guests tried to regain the intrigue at the start of the final quarter. Garrett Nevels and Alex Hamilton helped PARMA to cut the deficit to 6 points – 78:84.

But the Kazan team quickly denied the comeback. Tony Taylor, Andrey Lopatin and Knight gave UNICS back a comfortable lead – 91:78. The hosts maintained it till the end of the game.

X-factor
In the fast-paced game, rebounds and fouls played a huge role and here the hosts were better. The Kazan team had more offensive rebounds(15-7) and made less turnovers (6-15). UNICS got 17 extra possessions, which largely helped to get win.

Facts
UNICS (5 wins) and PARMA (3 wins) had longest active winning streaks before the clash. In the end, the Perm team streak was ended.

After today’s win, Velimir Perasovic surpassed Vasily Karasev in the number of wins with one team. The Croatian coach now has 104 wins with UNICS. Only Dimitris Itoudis, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Zoran Lukic and Xavier Pascual have more wins with one team.

Leaders
UNICS: Marcos Knight (28 + 6 assists), Jalen Reynolds (20 + 8 rebounds), Tony Taylor (14 + 8 assists), Mikhail Belenitskii (11), Andrey Lopatin (10 + 5 rebounds).
PARMA: Samson Ruzhentsev (22 + 5 assists), Alex Hamilton (18), Garrett Nevels (16), Royce Hamm (15 + 12 rebounds).

What’s next
UNICS: January 05 at home against Zenit
PARMA: January 04 on the road versus Lokomotiv Kuban.