Minsk will host the regular season game on Saturday.
MINSK (Belarus) – Enisey (Russia)
Time: 16:00 (Moscow time)
Location: Belarus, Minsk, Falcon Club Arena
Broadcast: TV Start, League website
MINSK: On Wednesday, the Belarusian team was close to ending the 11-game losing streak. In Kazakhstan, MINSK almost comeback trailing by 12 points in 2 minutes, and only DaQuan Bracey missed free-throws took away the last hope. However, Bracey made a rather good impression: coming from the bench, the guard scored 17 points, 6 assists and 3 steals. MINSK finally played the game with almost everyone with the exception of sick Rostislav Vergun and Aliaksei Trastsinetcki. Now the team is waiting for Enisey. By the way, MINSK won its first (and so far only) game of the season against the Krasnoyarsk team – and now it is preparing to repeat this at home.
Enisey: The Siberian team, by the way, won the first game in Minsk. It was done spectacularly: Enisey set a League high for making opponents to score only 36 points. Since then, the lineups of both teams have changed, but the Krasnoyarsk team will still be considered the favorites – after all, the team is stronger than their rivals in all major stats, from performance and shots percentage to rebounds and defense. It is important for Enisey not to lose points in Minsk if the team want to continue the fight for the playoffs.
Return: There are 3 ex-MINSK players in Enisey – Yauheni Beliankou, Angelo Warner and Supreme Hannah. And if Beliankou and Warner already came to Belarus as part of a new team in October, then for Hannah, who moved from Minsk to Krasnoyarsk a month ago, this will be the first return to the Falcon Club Arena.
