Tomorrow, January 11, the MINSK men's team will play in the VTB United League match against Astana at the opponent's home court. Two weeks ago, the teams already met in Minsk: then the victory remained for the wards of Oleg Kiselev. This time Minsk residents are going to Kazakhstan with the intention to take revenge.
Season 2022/23
Approaching the end of the first round of the VTB United League regular season, Astana is on the 11th line of the standings with three wins in 19 matches.
The leader in points scored in the Kazakh team is American center Michael Myers. In 15 games, Michael averaged 12.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game. Markell Johnson averages 4.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 1.8 steals per game, and also scores 9.9 points.
It is also worth noting the Russian defender Daniil Aksenov in Astana. Average player statistics in 19 matches: points – 12.6, rebounds – 2.6, assists – 3.5.
In comparative statistics, our team leads in steals (7.4 vs. 6.3 in execution “Astana”) and assists (16.9 vs. 14.9).
MINSK guard Maksim Karattsou: ”The first stage of the VTB United League regular season is nearing completion, and we still have to play several matches away. Tomorrow we have a principled duel with Astana, an opponent who is next to us in the standings. Our team is determined to take revenge and demonstrate high-quality basketball. We will try to please our fans, who always support us”.
Astana's pre-game roster (Kazakhstan):
Guards:
2. Markell Johnson (25.08.1998, 188 cm, USA),
3. Rustam Murzagaliev (24.05.1992, 190 cm, Kazakhstan),
8. Kwame Vaughn (31.05.1990, 191 cm, USA),
9. Vadim Sherbak (24.05.1993, 194 cm, Kazakhstan),
27. Daniil Aksenov (11.07.1995, 183 cm, Russia),
76. Alexandr Orazbekov (30.07.2002, 180 cm, Kazakhstan),
99. Oleg Balashov (07.05.1999, 185 cm, Kazakhstan).
Forwards:
21. Roman Marchuk (04.03.1993, 198 cm, Kazakhstan),
23. Valeriy Likhodey (23.10.1986, 204 cm, Russia),
25. Maksim Marchuk (17.01.1994, 195 cm, Kazakhstan),
47. Ruslan Aitkali (19.12.1997, 195 cm, Kazakhstan).
Centers:
15. Michael Myers (02.07.1992, 206 cm, USA),
24. Dmitriy Gavrilov (27.11.1986, 204 cm, Kazakhstan),
35. Igor Kanygin (30.06.1994, 207 cm, Russia),
55. Askar Maydekin (28.05.1997, 203 cm, Kazakhstan).
The head coach is Oleg Kiselev (Russia).
The match will be broadcast at 5:00 PM on the VTB United League website, Belarus 5 TV channel and Belarus 5 Internet. We invite everyone to watch the game in the cafe of our club “Happy Day” at 3a Uralskaya str.: for club card holders – 10% discount on the menu. Let's support MINSK together!