VTB United League teams begin the second round of the first stage of the “regular season" and hold repeated meetings. On December 7, Rostislav Vergun's players will play against Astana again at the Falcon Club Arena in Minsk. For more information, see the preview.
Season 2023/24
Oleg Kiselev's team has 14 matches and 6 wins behind them. Moreover, Astana won three consecutive victories in the home series, including over MINSK. In the previous confrontation, Minsk residents led for two quarters and made several comebacks, keeping the intrigue until the last minutes.
In the last five matches, Astana won only over PARMA and moved to the 10th line of the standings.
Carvel Anderson, who took part in all 14 games of the season as part of the Kazakh team, spends almost 34 minutes on the court on average per match and scores 17.5 points, makes 1.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists.
Royce Hamm and Markell Johnson are also highly productive in the team. Hamm's average stats over 14 games: 15.9 points and 8.4 rebounds in almost 31 minutes on the floor. Markell Johnson averages 13.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 1.9 steals per game, spending just over 31 minutes on the court.
MINSK forward Jakob Cebasek: “We are meeting with Astana in a home match, and now we know what their strength is. Individually, they have good players, but the team fight will win. We are preparing really well, making some adjustments, and the energy in the team is getting more and more every day. We need to be focused and play aggressively for the whole 40 minutes.”
The roster of the opponent
Astana, Kazakhstan
Defenders:
1.Vadzim Tratsiak, 03.06.2000, 188 cm, Belarus,
2. Markell Johnson, 08.25.1998, 188 cm, USA,
3. Rustam Murzagaliev, 05.24.1992, 190 cm, Kazakhstan,
5. Adam Kunkel, 09.12.1999, 193 cm, USA,
9. Vadim Shcherbak, 05/24/1993, 194 cm, Kazakhstan,
25. Maxim Marchuk, 01/17/1994, 195 cm, Kazakhstan,
31. Carvel Anderson, 06/03/1991, 188 cm, USA.
Forwards:
7. Davin Davis, 03/29/1995, 198cm, USA,
21. Roman Marchuk, 03/04/1993, 198cm, Kazakhstan,
22. Felipe Haase, 03/19/1998, 206 cm, Chile,
47. Ruslan Aitkali, 19.12.1997, 195 cm, Kazakhstan.
Centers:
17. Royce Hamm, 03/17/1999, 206 cm, USA,
24. Dmitry Gavrilov, 11/27/1986, 204 cm, Kazakhstan,
55. Askar Maidekin, 05/28/1997, 203 cm, Kazakhstan.
The head coach is Oleg Kiselev, Russia.
The doors of the Falcon Club Arena will open at 17:00. Tickets can be purchased in the lobby of the arena or on the website and at points of sale kvitki.by . We also remind the participants of the promotional game not to forget to put stamps in the booklet at each home match. The kickoff throw-in will take place at 18:30. We are waiting for all basketball fans!