Moscow will host the regular season game on Wednesday.
MBA (Moscow) – Pari Nizhny Novgorod (Nizhny Novgorod)
Time: 20:00 (Moscow time)
Place: Russia, Moscow, Basket Hall Moscow
Broadcast: TV Start, Match! Igra, League website
MBA: In the next 2 weeks the Moscow team will have an incredibly busy schedule. Including the Russian Cup final, MBA needs to play 4 games in 8 days, and they will play only once at home. Vasily Karasev team faced Nizhny Novgorod twice this season and each team had home wins. If on the road in October the team won in overtime, at home MBA lost failing both on defense and offense. Tonight’s game does not have no standings significance for the League newcomer – in any case MBA finished the regular season in the 6th place and will face Zenit in the first round. The Moscow team is motivated. First of all, MBA would like to take revenge for their huge loss 2 months ago. Second, the Moscow team need to end an 8-game losing streak (which, by the way, began with their loss to Nizhny Novgorod in mid-January).
Pari Nizhny Novgorod: Just like MBA, the Volga team has a tight schedule in the near future, where the VTB League games will combine with the Russian Cup finals. But unlike the League newcomer, Pari NN still has some unfinished things in the 2022/23 regular season. For the first time in their history Nizhny Novgorod can finish the season on the 4th place, all they need is one win in the remaining 3 games. Pari NN knows how to beat MBA on the road – the previous time the Moscow team made 22 turnovers and scored only 55 points. This time Nizhny Novgorod can also succeed on defense as the team has the 3rd best defense in the League (the team averaged only 74.6 points per game). The Olga team announced Terrell Parks signing not long ago, but the 32-year-old center has not make his League debut yet.
