On Wednesday, the regular season games will be in Samara and Moscow.
Samara (Samara) – Enisey (Krasnoyarsk)
Time: 19:00 (18:00 Moscow time)
Location: Russia, Samara, SKK Dvorets Sporta
Broadcast: TV Start, League website
Samara: Despite a powerful off-season, the League newcomer lost to CSKA and Loko. Sergey Bazarevich’s team will try to surprise the fans with the first win in the league against Enisey. The main thing for Samara is to have time to recover after leaving for Krasnodar, because the difficulty here is not only in the game with the young and fast Lokomotiv Kuban, but also on the road – the Volga team spent time to road to home for 15 hours.
Enisey: The Krasnoyarsk team has no wins yet either. And if in the opening game Enisey could have beaten Pari NN, but lost in the second overtime, then the game in Kazan was extremely unsuccessful – the team did not reach the mark of 60 points scored. But this Enisey has potential: Angelo Warner has shown decent games, James Thompson has been in the paint for the second season, but, more importantly, coach Anzulovic has been working in the team for the fourth year and knows exactly what he wants from his team.
Time: 20:00 (20:00 Moscow time)
Location: Russia, Moscow, Basket Hall
Broadcast: TV Start, Match! Igra, League website
MBA: Following the results of the first week of the season, MBA had the best debut among all newcomers in the League history, winning two games with a total difference of 47 points. Moreover, with a win over MINSK, MBA can become only the fourth team to start the tournament with three or more consecutive wins. The Moscow team have already demonstrated that they know how to play defense and this should be the key to success versus the Belarusian team.
MINSK: The start of the season has exposed all the problems of MINSK both in defense and offense. The team desperately lacks a leader who, due to his character and skills, will be able to lead partners, steadily scoring points and attracting the opponent attention. It will be difficult for the Belarusian team against MBA aggressive defense, but if they manage to minimize the number of turnovers and score from a distance, they will get a chance for their first win of the season.
