We are defeating Uralmash and gaining a foothold in the 2nd place
Main team news
18.12.2023
18.12.2023UNICS in Ekaterinburg confidently beat the debutant of the VTB Uralmash United League with a score of 89:80 and strengthened to the 2nd position in the table, winning the third victory in a row.
The guests took over the initiative from the first seconds of the match, not once in 40 minutes allowing the hosts to come forward. Following the results of the starting ten minutes, UNICS created a comfortable reserve for itself (27:19), which it retained until the final siren. By the middle of the 3rd quarter, Kazan achieved the maximum «+15» after and one from Marcos KNIGHT (68:53). 3:27 before the end of the match, Uralmash approached the 5-point distance (77:82), but 7 unanswered points in a row from our guys removed all questions about the winner of the game.
The main creators of success were Marcos KNIGHT (24 + 5 rebounds + 5 assists) and Erick GREEN, who scored 20 points. Jalen REYNOLDS stopped a step away from a double-double, who recorded 10 points and 9 rebounds. Center Ismael BAKO scored 8 points, 7 rebounds, and also repeated the VTB League season record for blocked shots - 6 (!).
Due to injuries and illnesses, guards Nenad DIMITRIJEVIC and Dmitry KULAGIN, as well as center Ivan LAZAREV, did not participate in the game.Velimir Perasovic's team will play its next match on the floor of the Kazan Basket Hall on Thursday, December 21, against the permanent champion of Belarus Minsk.
Uralmash (Ekaterinburg) – UNICS (Kazan) – 80:89 (19:27, 20:21, 22:26, 19:15).
Uralmash Ellis (30 + 10 rebounds), Douglas (11), Nelson (11), Nevels (10).
UNICS: Knight (24 + 5 rebounds + 5 assists), Green (20), Reynolds (10 + 9 rebounds), Stulenkov (9 + 3 rebounds), Labeyrie (8 + 4 rebounds), Bako (8 + 7 rebounds + 6 blocked shots).