On Sunday, UNICS hosts Nizhny Novgorod.
Sunday, January 16
UNICS (Russia) — Nizhny Novgorod (Russia)
Time: 18:00 (Moscow time)
Location: Russia, Kazan, Basket Hall
Broadcast: Match! TV, TV Start
Rivalry history: 25 games, UNICS — 21 wins, Nizhny Novgorod – 4 wins
UNICS: At the end of 2021, UNICS had a really busy schedule — the team played every three days. Due to the lack of the Kazan team players, this could not but affect the result: UNICS lost 1st place to CSKA, and in the Euroleague, Velimir Perasovic’s tired team could not keep the winning score against Barcelona. The first two weeks of 2022 were supposed to be just as stressful for UNICS. But due to the coronavirus in the team, all 3 Euroleague gamees in early January were postponed. Of course, in the right conditions, UNICS would be the favorite of the derby, but so far even the coaching staff probably does not have 100% confidence which of the players will be able to play.
Nizhny Novgorod: Nizhny Novgorod has already suffered 3 losses in the last 4 games and went to 7th place. In most of these games, Nizhny Novgorod defense was unusually weak – 100 missed points from Avtodor, 90 from Zenit, 104 from Loko. Only in the game with Enisey, Nizhny managed not to let the opponent score more than 80 points.
