Perm will host a regular season game on Sunday.
Sunday, December 19
PARMA-PARIMATCH (Russia) — Astana (Kazakhstan)
Time: 15:00 (13:00 Moscow time)
Location: Russia, Perm, UDS Molot
Broadcast: TV Start, League website
Rivalry history: 9 games, Astana — 6 wins, PARMA-PARIMATCH – 3 wins
PARMA-PARIMATCH: Enisey’s win over Tsmoki seriously affected the balance in standings. The Krasnoyarsk team won the 3rd game of the season, equaling PARMA and beating Astana. Therefore, a successful outcome is extremely important for both opponents in Sunday’s game. PARMA played the game in FIBA Europe Cup in the middle of the week, leaving no chance for Bayreuth: the Perm team beat them with a 14 points difference, scored 92 points and led their group with 2 wins.
Astana: A 4-game losses streak puts them in a dangerous position. Their main competitor at this stage — Ensiey – not only managed to get the win over Astana, but also united the success of the game with Tsmoki. If Darko Russo’s team is unable to rectify the situation in the next games, it risks not getting out of its steep peak. However, the calendar generally favors Astana — until the end of January they will meet only one team from the list of leaders (Loko). The rest of their rivals are direct competitors of PARMA, with whom Astana will play two gamess in this time, as well as Tsmoki and Zielona Gora, who got the last placess in the standings.
Who to follow: Jeremiah Hill made a name for himself with two excellent seasons with Astana (last year was impressive for the guard and Hill scored 15.7 points per game). However, in the new team, Hill cannot yet catch the rytm — he got 14 points against UNICS, game 1 out of 9 from the field in the game with Loko. Perhaps it is in the game against his former teammates that Hill will try to show the best basketball of the season. The game against Bayreuth was a success for Hill — he scored 15 points and 6 assists.
