Kazan will host regular season game on Thursday.
UNICS (Kazan) vs Uralmash (Yekaterinburg)
Time: 19:00 (Moscow time)
Place: Russia, Kazan, Basket Hall
Broadcast: Match! Igra, TV Start, League website
UNICS: The Kazan team beat PARMA and MBA-MAI, moving Pari NN down in the standings. Now the team will have 3 consecutive games against teams from the Top 6. First up will be Uralmash, which UNICS beat in Yekaterinburg in early October 87:65. Since then, the team has finally solved problem with long-range shooting (34.1% average), established among the League leaders in rebounding and steals, and waited for Aleksandr Platunov to return to the squad. Therefore, the Kazan team is in good shape for the upcoming clash.
Uralmash: The team managed to break the losing streak in Saratov, scoring 100+ poionts for the second time in the season. The leaders scored 10 or more points each, which will surely help the team regain confidence before a tough trip to Kazan. In the last rivalry with UNICS, Rostislav Vergun team failed to find a way to cut the oppomnent’s defense, but Johnny O’Briant presence could make a big difference. The newcomer missed the teams’ first game, but this time he’ll be ready to stop Jalen Reynolds and Ismael Bako in the paint. Viacheslav Zaitsev will surely play an important role as well as he previously played for the Kazan team.
