We beat Zenit and gain a foothold in the 2nd place of the standings!

Main team news

20.01.2024

The match on the floor of the Kazan Basket Hal fully justified the status of the central one. With the fervent support of the home stands, UNICS returns to the winning path, for the second time in the season having prevailed over its principal rival in the fight for the 2nd position of the VTB United League standings! (64:61).

Conceding up to 9 points during the game, the Kazan team showed character and achieved a strong-willed victory thanks to an 8-0 spurt at the start of the decisive quarter. The key success factor was the best percentage of shots from the game (43 against 36 for the opponent). Velimir PERASOVIC's team wins its 17th victory, secures the 2nd place in the tournament and continues the pursuit of the leading CSKA.

Dmitry KULAGIN (13 + 2 assists + 2 steals) and Louis LABEYRIE (12 points + 5 rebounds + 3 assists) became the most productive in the Kazan team. Neno DIMITRIJEVIC has 11 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Marcos KNIGHT brought his team 11 points and 4 rebounds. Jalen REYNOLDS scored 10 points, adding 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocked shots.

POST-MATCH COMMENTS:

Velimir PERASOVIC, BC UNICS head coach:

«Congratulations to my team on the victory. In my opinion, today's match corresponded to the level of the Euroleague. Both teams played hard and intensely, on the border of a foul. We were preparing for such a high level and similar quality of the game. I am happy that we managed to find a way to gain the win in this confrontation».

Xavier PASCUAL, BC Zenit head coach:

«Congratulations to UNICS on the victory. In my opinion, any team could have won today. I think we controlled the course of the match for two and a half quarters. However, unfortunately, we spent the last 8-9 minutes too badly, completely lost control of the game in attack, allowing UNICS to run. We managed to come back, we had the opportunity to win, but in the end we couldn't do it».