The United League regular season game will be in Minsk on Thursday.
Thursday, February 10
Tsmoki-Minsk (Belarus) – Enisey (Russia)
Time: 19:00 (Moscow time)
Location: Belarus, Minsk, Falcon Club
Broadcast: TV Start
Rivalry history: 18 games, Enisey – 14 wins, Tsmoki-Minsk – 4 wins
Tsmoki-Minsk: Due to numerous postponements, the Minsk team have not played in the United League since December 18. Interesting fact, Tsmoki last game before this pause was the game with Enisey, which ended with the 3rd loss in a row for the Minsk team (but for Enisey this win was the 1st home win of the season). During this time, there have been changes in Tsmoki roster — forwards Stefan Jankovic and Artem Kuzmin left the team. Considering that the Serbian forward was 1 of 4 Tsmoki players who scored 10 or more points on average per game, his departure could seriously weaken the offensive potential of the team, who score only 71 points per game.
Enisey: But for Siberian team, the period after the December game with Tsmoki was intense, although there were some postponements: for example, the game with Zielona Gora was postponed. Krasnoyarsk team are successfully playing at the European Northern Basketball League, where they got 3 wins in a row. And in the United League, Enisey won a very important game in January against Nizhny Novgorod, its main competitor at the moment. If Drazen Anzulovic’s team wins in Minsk, it will be able to bypass Nizhny Novgorod and set up in the Top-8. However, Enisey Head Coach did not participate in the preparation of the team for the road game – the Croatian specialist was ill. and he will not be able to direct the Krasnoyarsk team directly in the game.
Who to follow: Enisey’s most productive player is Casper Ware. He franky failed the winning game against Nizhny. The American guard, who is the 6th in the list of the best League scorers (17.6 points per game), managed to score only 8 points and was fouled out. Before that, Ware scored 29 points to CSKA. In Minsk, Casper will certainly try to rehabilitate for an unsuccessful game against Nizhny Novgorod. Moreover, he became one of the most important players in the prevoius game with Tsmoki (22 points and 5 rebounds).
