On Saturday, April 6, Minsk residents will play the final home match of the VTB United League season at the Falcon Club Arena. Read more about the meeting with Pari Nizhny Novgorod in the preview.
Season 2023/24
On the eve of the match against Uralmash, Zoran Lukic's wards failed to defeat their opponent and lost all theoretical chances of getting into the play-in.
In the last three matches, Nizhny Novgorod is haunted by a series of defeats in games with the IBA, Runa and the previously designated team from Yekaterinburg. Now "Pari Nizhny Novgorod" is on the 7th line of the standings in group “B”. For both opponents, the outcome of the match will not determine getting into the next stages of the tournament, so the main goal of the meeting will be high-quality and spectacular basketball.
Leaders
Casey Shepherd demonstrates the best result in scoring on average per game as a member of Nizhny Novgorod. The average statistics of the point guard is 16.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.1 steals in 27.25 minutes on the court in 12 matches.
American point guard Kendall Smith scored an average of 11.8 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals in almost 18 minutes on the floor in 8 games of the season.
Forward of MINSK Daniil Kasko: “We will play the last home match of the season with a very prepared team – Pari Nizhny Novgorod. The opponent demonstrates excellent interaction on both sides of the court. We are preparing hard and we will try to show the best game in front of our fans.
The composition of the opponent
“Pari Nizhny Novgorod”
Guards
1. Casey Shepherd, 06.05.1994, 188 cm, USA,
8. Kendall Smith, 09.18.1995, 190 cm, USA,
12. Anton Ponkrashov, 04.23.1986, 200 cm, Russia,
13. Dmitry Khvostov, 08.21.1989, 190 cm, Russia,
19. Ivan Strebkov, 07.27.1991, 189 cm, Russia,
25. Vladislav Bliznyuk, 08.01.1999, 183 cm, Belarus,
44. Evgeny Baburin, 04.07.1987, 190 cm, Russia,
55. Sergey Zotkin, 09.09.2003, 190 cm, Russia.
Forwards
4. Pavel Gankevich, 04.22.2003, 198 cm, Russia,
5. Alexander Gankevich, 05.08.1995, 201 cm, Russia,
10. Alexander Chadov, 11.20.2001, 204 cm, Russia,
17. Alexa Novakovic, 30.08.1996, 200 cm, Serbia,
22. Mikhail Belenitsky, 12.09.2002, 204 cm, Russia,
23. Philip Gafurov, 06.23.2001, 212 cm, Russia,
24. Timofey Rudovsky, 29.10.2004, 202 cm, Russia,
33. Andrey Vorontsevich, 07.17.1987, 207 cm, Russia.
Center
11. Vladimir Ivlev, 02.28.1990, 207 cm, Russia.
The head coach is Zoran Lukic, Serbia.
The game starts at 14:30. For our viewers, an autograph session with the participation of MINSK players Zach Smith and Daniil Borisevich will be held in the arena lobby on the match day from 13:50 to 14:15. Tickets can be purchased on the website and at points of sale kvitki.by , as well as in the lobby of the arena an hour before the start of the match. Let's support our team in the final home game of the season!