One regular-season game will take place this Tuesday.
BETCITY PARMA (Perm Krai) vs. Samara (Samara Oblast)
Time: 19:30 (17:30 Moscow Time)
Venue: Molot Sports Palace, Perm, Russia
Broadcast: Kinopoisk
BETCITY PARMA: For Evgeny Pashutin’s squad, this will be only their second home game of the season. The team from Ural will be looking to give their all to delight their fans. The court at the Molot arena has traditionally been a source of strength for PARMA, so the hosts have every reason to believe they can secure a win. Their philosophy of offensive basketball should help them in this endeavor—this season in the VTB League, the Perm side has scored fewer than 85 points on only one occasion.
Samara: The team has had a somewhat difficult start to the season, largely due to injuries to key players. However, the team remains optimistic. The return of Andrei Savrasov—their standout performer early in the tournament—along with the integration of recent signing Daniil Ginko, should help ease their roster concerns. Coach Milos Pavicevic will have a solid group of players at his disposal, all of whom are fully capable of contending for a victory in this matchup.
BETCITY PARMA Head Coach Evgeny Pashutin: “The team is ready for the game against Samara. They Always are a tough opponent. In most of their games this season, they’ve shown great resilience and have put up a real fight against every team in the League.” “Our task is to show character and impose our style of play throughout the entire 40 minutes of the match.”
Samara Head Coach Milos Pavicevic: BETCITY PARMA is a club that’s aiming to finish in the top 5 of the VTB United League. The Perm team has everything it needs to achieve this: a strong roster, top-notch foreign players, and an experienced coach who’s been with the team for more than one season.
Against an opponent like this, we’ll try to showcase our best qualities on the court and play with as much discipline and aggression as possible. My team has performed quite well in home games against top clubs. We lacked smarter play on the boards and better finishing on offense. I hope that in the game against BETCITY PARMA we’ll see some progress in these areas.
I have no doubt that the upcoming match will be very tough; our roster issues haven’t gone away. Andrey Savrasov has recovered, but Alexander Petenev didn’t travel for the away game. Artem Chevarenkov and Gleb Sheiko remain sidelined. But that won’t stop us. No matter what, we have to take the court and do everything we can to give it our all.”
