Moscow will host regular season game on Sunday.
MBA (Moscow) vs Zenit (St. Petersburg)
Time: 17:00 (Moscow time)
Place: Russia, Moscow, Basket Hall
Broadcast: Match TV, League website
MBA: The Moscow team losing streak has reached 5 games. Head coach Vasily Karasev noted the team main problem is shooting: 35%, 40% and 28% from the game in the last 3 games. After Zenit, MBA has a trip to Samara and a game with Runa ahead, and the Moscow team will have to do their best to leave for the New Year’s break on a positive. The team is 3 wins away from reaching the Top 8, and only 1 loss away from second-to-last place.
Zenit: The St. Petersburg team but had a good chance to win a game against CSKA. Timofey Gerasimov scored a winning shot, but it was made just a split second after the buzzer. The 7-game winning streak was ended, but head coach Xavier Pascual can be happy with his team’s defensive performance: Zenit allowed less than 64 points per game on average. Such a game could bu continued against MBA, which has problems with shooting. From Moscow, Zenit will return to St. Petersburg, where the team will close the 2023 against Astana and Lokomotiv Kuban.
