Perm and Kazan will host 2 regular season games on Wednesday.
BETCITY PARMA (Perm Region) vs Samara (Samara Region)
Time: 19:30 (17:30 Moscow time)
Place: Russia, Perm, UDS Molot
Broadcast: VK Video, VTB League website
BETCITY PARMA: The team is on a roll – including the in-season tournament, the team has 4 consecutive wins. The team has not lost at home this season, defeating opponents such as CSKA and Lokomotiv Kuban. The Perm team will play Samara for the second time this season. In their first game on October 11, PARMA won by 50 points and is approaching this game as the favorite.
Samara: The team started the season with 5 losses and will begin the 6-game road trip. Samara is still missing injured players, this might be the reason why it is unable to maintain the necessary level for 40 minutes. The bright spot in the Volga team’s play is Nikita Mikhailovskii, who set career-high in the VTB League for the second time this season in the last round. After scoring 26 points against Avtodor, the forward scored 32 points against MBA-MAI.
UNICS (Kazan) vs Avtodor (Saratov)
Time: 19:00 (Moscow time)
Place: Russia, Kazan, Basket Hall
Broadcast: VK Video, VTB League website
UNICS: The renewed Kazan team started with 6 wins and is the most powerful force at the start of the League season. Velimir Perasovic has a deep, balanced roster, in which it is difficult to single out any particular player. In 2022, UNICS set a club record by starting 8-0. The only undefeated team in the League intends to take another step toward repeating it in the Volga derby.
Avtodor: Alex Hamilton made his debut in their last game against BETCITY PARMA. However, the true strength of the team will only be apparent after the return of Malik Newman and Alen Hadzibegovic. The Saratov team tries to impose a fight in every game, but the short rotation negatively affects the team’s play. Avtodor will end road tour in Kazan with win.
