Minsk residents continue the VTB United League season, and on March 17 at the Falcon Club Arena they will meet with Samara, which is actively fighting to get into the playoffs. Read more about the upcoming meeting in the preview.
Season 2023/24
Samara reserves all chances to become the leader of group B of the regular season. Drazen Anzulovic's team started the second stage with a victory over our team with an advantage of 8 points (79:71). Due to the absence of several of our players who were recovering from injuries, Minsk residents had a decent fight and were close to the first victory. Now center Zach Smith and defender Jovan Shlivanchanin have joined our team.
After that, Samara played 4 more matches, winning over IBA (79:69) and Astana (84:63). The Samaritans failed to defeat Runa (85:98), as well as their direct competitors in the fight for the championship in the standings – Uralmash (83:89).
Leaders
Justin Roberson has averaged 12.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.4 steals in 30 games this season, spending almost 26 and a half minutes on the floor. Javonteh Hawkins took part in 26 games of the season, averaging 11.7 points per game, 2.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists. Samara center James Thompson is the League leader in rebounds on offense (3.5 on average per game).
Defender of MINSK Ivan Aladka: “We will play the next match against Samara. The last game turned out to be quite even, plus we played away. Now it's a completely different story – we play at home, with the support of our native stands. Zach Smith and Jovan Shlivanchanin quickly joined the team and the basketball schemes.”
The roster of the opponent
Samara (Samara, Russia)
Guards
4. Nikola Rebic, 01.22.1995, 188 cm, Serbia,
10. Ivan Viktorov, 01.11.1995, 196 cm, Russia,
13. Javonteh Hawkins, 11.13.1993, 196 cm, USA,
23. Mikhail Kulagin, 08.04.1994, 191 cm, Russia,
32. Yuri Umrikhin, 06.28.1999, 190 cm, Russia,
86. Justin Roberson, 08.07.1993, 185 cm, USA.
Forwards
6. Alexander Gudumak, 03.07.1993, 203 cm, Russia,
8. Alexander Razumov, 04.22.1992, 204 cm, Russia,
9. Ilya Platonov, 07.31.1998, 199 cm, Russia,
20. Hayden Dalton , 06.20.1996, 206 cm, USA,
25. Rade Zagorac, 08.12.1995, 206 cm, Serbia,
81. Egor Amosov, 23.01.2008, 201 cm, Russia.
Centers
3. Nikita Zverev, 06.04.1994, 210 cm, Russia,
7. James Thompson, 18.01.1995, 208 cm, USA.
The head coach is Drazen Anzulovic (Croatia).
The game starts at 15:00. Tickets can be purchased on the website and at points of sale kvitki.by , as well as in the lobby of the arena on the day of the match from 14:00. For your comfort, we suggest you come to the game in advance to avoid queues. Let's support MINSK together!