We miss the victory over Besiktas in the end

Main team news

23.09.2023

UNICS missed the opponents 14:4 run in the last minutes and was defeated by the Turkish Besiktas with a score of 68:75 in the VTB United League pre-season SuperCup for 5-8 places. The best in our team were Jalen REYNOLDS, who scored a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds, Louis LABEYRIE (15 + 6 rebounds) and Dmitry KULAGIN, who scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. Unfortunately, the white-greens did not make long–range shots again - only 4 out of 18 attempts from behind the arc reached the goal (22%).

UNICS (Kazan, Russia) – Besiktas (Istanbul, Turkey) – 68:75 (20:17, 15:20, 15:18, 18:20).
UNICS: Reynolds (16+10 rebounds), Labeyrie (15+6 rebounds), Kulagin (12+4 rebounds+2 assists+2 blocked shots), Bako (10+6 rebounds+blocked shot), Dimitrijevic (7+8 assists), Knight (6+4 rebounds+3 assists+2 blocked shots).
Besiktas: Needham (18+2 rebounds), Delgado (16+14 rebounds), Arslan (12+3 rebounds+3 assists+ 2 steals).

Due to injuries, guard Erick Green and center Ivan Lazarev did not participate in the match.

Tomorrow, September 24, at 11:00, UNICS will play with MBA for the 7th place of the VTB United League SuperCup.

POST-MATCH COMMENTS:

Velimir PERASOVIC, BC UNICS head coach:

«Congratulations to Besiktas on their victory. Today we played badly in the important moments. We had many turnovers, bad shoots in offense. Besides our defense was not consistent.
I am sure we will improve and come to start of the VTB United League in much better shape».