St. Petersbrug will host a regular season game on Thursday.
Zenit (St. Petersburg) vs Runa (Moscow)
Time: 19:30 (Moscow time)
Place: Russia, St. Petersburg, KSC Arena
Broadcast: Match TV, TV Start, League website
Zenit: The St. Petersburg team lost to UNICS in the previous game and lost a chance to make it to the 2nd place. Xavier Pascual team lost third quarter for a 4th time in a row (20:12). But Zenit confirmed the status of the League’s best defensive team, allowing the second-best offensive team to score only 64 points. The St. Petersburg team approaches the game against the Vikings as favourite, as was able to beat the Moscow team without Thomas Heurtel, George Zhbanov in November. In the upcoming game, Zenit has a full healthy roster, so Pascual team will have more offensive option.
Runa: After 3 losses at the start of 2024, the Moscow team was able to win against MINSK, not allowed the opponent to equalise the score throughout the second half. Runa has no chances to get into the Top 6, but current 9th place allows to have perspectives to make it to the Playoffs after the second stage. In the game against untable Zenit, the Moscow team will be able to make a sensation, but in case of bigmen domination – Runa is the Top 2 team in blocks per game (3.6). Also, Juwan Morgan mossed the previous face-to-face game. The coaching staff has to think about coping with the opponents shooters, who made 14 three-pointers with 60% in the first round.
