A regular season game will be held in Krasnoyarsk on Thursday.
Thursday, December 23
Enisey (Russia) — PARMA-PARIMATCH (Russia)
Time: 19:30 (15:30 Moscow time)
Location: Russia, Krasnoyarsk, Arena Sever
Broadcast: TV Start, League website
Rivalry history: 10 games, Enisey – 6 wins, PARMA-PARIMATCH – 4 wins
Ensiey: Back in early December, the tournament prospects of the Krasnoyarsk team looked quite deplorable. However, 2 wins in 2 games with rivals significantly added optimism to the Krasnoyarsk team fans. Having beaten Astana and Tsmoki consecutively, Drazen Anzulovic’s team not only broke away from them in the standings, but also took the 8th place, giving a pass to the elimination games. Now PARMA becomes the main rival — if the Krasnoyarsk team can win the second home game of the season, they will bypass PARMA and rise to 7th place.
PARMA-PARIMATCH: A crazy game with Astana, the longest in the history of the United League, ended with an epic win for PARMA in the third overtime. But although such a spectacular win certainly greatly raised the morale of the Perm team after Loko loss. PARMA had only three days to recover from such a difficult game, including a flight to Krasnoyarsk. It is unlikely that PARMA will immediately try to stun the hosts with the highest pace — a positional game the guests will be able to take advantage of their frontline strength will be more likely.
Who to follow: Casper Ware scored more than 10 points in all the games so far, and in just one game (against Zenit) he scored less than 15. His duel with Jeremiah Hill (32 points – the second result of the season) can turn out really interesting.
