On February 11, at 17:00, the Falcon Club Arena will host the home match of MINSK against Samara in the second stage of the VTB United League regular season. On January 19, the rivals met on the Samara parquet in the final match of the first stage. Read more about the upcoming meeting in our preview.
Season 2022/23
Now Sergey Bazarevich's team is on the 2nd place in the standings of pool “B”, retaining a confident chance of getting into the playoffs. In January, Samara played 5 matches, in three of which it won. The last match of our opponent took place against PARMA-PARI, where the Samaritans lost by a difference of 3 points (74:77).
The roster of the Russians has not changed since our January meeting. The leaders of the team also continue to be legionnaires. Marcos Knight shows average stats of 16.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.4 steals. And in the last match against Perm, Marcos scored a double-double (15 points and 10 rebounds).
American forward James Ennis averages 13.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game. Ennis became the scorer of Samara in the match against PARMA, scoring 19 points, including 3 three-point shots. The average height of the team is 198.6 cm, the average age is 28.6 years.
MINSK guard DaQuan Bracey: “Day after day I still accept the fact of returning to the court, restoring my playing form, despite the fact that I was absent for 4 months. I'm just happy to be back on the floor and perform at a high level, in the VTB United League. My teammates and I continue to adapt to each other. We try to play hard with the result that we have so far. But we are fighting.”
The opponent 's pre-match roster
“Samara" (Samara)
Guards:
9. Marcos Knight (09.24.1989, 188 cm, USA),
10. Anton Kardanakhishvili (19.03.2002, 195 cm, Russia),
25. Jordan Theodore (11.12.1989, 183 cm, USA),
29. Vladimir Pichkurov (09.01.1990, 198 cm, Russia),
32. Yury Umrikhin (06.28.1999, 190 cm, Russia),
34. KC Rivers (01.03.1987, 196 cm, USA).
Forwards:
1. James Ennis (01.07.1990, 198 cm, USA),
11. Maksim Barashkov (10.07.1998, 202 cm, Russia),
30. Danila Chikarev (18.11.2001, 198 cm, Russia),
45. Maksim Sheleketo (04.01.1987, 205 cm, Russia).
Centers:
0. Ivan Lazarev (31.01.1991, 210 cm, Russia),
3. Nikita Zverev (06.04.1994, 210 cm, Russia),
8. Vladimir Ivlev (02.28.1990, 207 cm, Russia).
The head coach is Sergey Bazarevich (Russia).
The doors of the arena will open for everyone who wants to attend a bright basketball event at 15:30. Tickets for the match are available on the website and at points of sale kvitki.by , as well as at the Falcon Club box office an hour and a half before the start of the game. Let's support MINSK together!
Photo: VTB United League