Tomorrow, November 17, Tsmoki-Minsk will play the final match of the 1st group round of the FIBA Europe Cup against the Danish club Bakken Bears. This is a key game - the final position of the teams in the group G depends on its result. The meeting will be held at the "Falcon Club" arena and start at 20.30. We drawing fans attention the starting time of the game was changed at the insistence of FIBA, who demanded that both meetings in the group should take place simultaneously.
We remind you that before the final round, the first two places, which will allow to continue fight in the 2nd group stage, are occupied by German Crailsheim and Danish Bakken Bears - they have 8 points each. Greek Peristeri and Tsmoki-Minsk have one point less, both of them are in 3rd place. To get around the Scandinavian “bears”, Dragons have to win with a difference in the score more than 8 points. This is exactly what the lack of Tsmoki-Minsk looks like after the defeat to Bakken Bears 93: 101.
Since those October meeting, Bakken Bears have played 4 matches and won all of them. In the FIBA Europe Cup they beat Crailsheim" on road - 86:77, and then at home were stronger than Peristeri - 83:75. The Bears were also lucky in the Danish championship: they won Copenhagen - 113: 67 and Svendborg - 104: 86. With six wins after six rounds, Bakken Bears are the sole leader of the national championship.
In the FIBA Europe Cup statistics, Bakken Bears have five players with a double-digit average number of points scored per game:
Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson - 16,4 PTS + 5,6 AST + 2,8 REB + 0,8 STL, 14,8 EFR.
Marvelle Harris - 16,2 PTS + 2,6 AST + 1,6 REB + 1,0 STL, 10,4 EFR.
Ryan Evans - 12,0 + 5,6 REB + 2,0 AST + 1,8 STL, 13,8 EFR.
Darko Jukic - 12,0 + 5,6 REB + 2,6 AST + 1,2 STL 0,8 BLK. 10,2 EFR.
Michel Diouf - 10,2 + 2,4 REB + 1,0 AST + 0,8 STL + 1,6 BLK, 13,4 EFR.
The game will be very difficult, too much is at stake. We invite fans to support our team. Together we are twice as strong!