St. Petersburg will host the regular season game on Thursday.
Zenit (St. Petersburg) vs PARMA (Perm Region)
Time: 19:30 (Moscow time)
Place: Russia, St. Petersburg, CSC Arena
Broadcast: Match! Strana, Start Triumph, League website
Zenit: The St. Petersburg team survived on the road against UNICS in the last Game of the Week (87:84). This win can be of great psychological importance for the team, which last year lost its first 6 games against Top-4 opponents. Now the team has one more home series to play, which starts with a rivalry with PARMA. Zenit outperforms its future opponent in field-goal percentage and blocks, being the League’s leader in those stats, and also has a much more experienced roster. Therefore, Xavier Pascual team is fully prepared to extend the winning streak.
PARMA: The return to Molot helped the Perm team to end losing streak versus Astana. PARMA scored over 60 points for the first time, showed good shooting percentage, and 5 players surpassed 10+ points. All of this will help Evgeny Pashutin team gain confidence before their clash with undefeated Zenit. Royce Hamm, who played for Zenit in the 2022/23 season and scored 21 points in his last game against another former team Astana is sure to play an important role in the rivalry.
