On November 24, MINSK will play the 11th match of the 2022/23 VTB United League season. The team will have a duel almost 5 thousand km away from home – at the home ground of the Krasnoyarsk Enisey.
Season 2022/23
The teams have already met in the game season at the Falcon Club Arena on October 24. Then the Minsk residents lost to the opponent with a score of 36:54.
In the October match, for the first time on the floor, our team was opposed by its ex-players: Yauheni Beliankou and Angelo Warner. Angelo became the most productive member of the Krasnoyarsk team, scoring 11 points, making 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
Now Drazen Anzulovic's team is on the 10th line of the standings with two wins in the piggy bank, including over Astana (88:57). With MINSK, the opponent will open the second stage of the first round, thus having already played with each team participating in the championship.
Both teams can demonstrate fortitude and coherence of actions, but Minsk needs a rematch both psychologically and in correcting its position in the standings. In comparative statistics, Minsk residents are leading in terms of assists (17.3 vs. 14.5 for Enisey) and interceptions (7.6 vs. 7.0 for the opponent).
The leader of the team in scoring is Angelo Warner, the average statistics of the point guard per match: 11.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists. James Thompson 's average stats for 10 matches: 11.4 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.0 steals.
The center of MINSK Vadzim Stubeda about the upcoming match with Enisey:
— Our next game will take place in another part of the world — Asia, and we have a long way to go. Our task and goal is to correct the mistakes of the home match with Enisey. You should also keep your concentration throughout the game. Recently, new players have been added to us, I am sure they will prove themselves. The mood of the team is fighting — we will fight to the end.
The pre-game roster of Enisey (Krasnoyarsk region):
Guards:
0. Orlando Coleman (09.09.1992, 196 cm, USA),
1. Angelo Warner (12.02.1992, 188 cm, USA),
3. Grigoriy Motovilov (07.02.1998, 190 cm, Russia),
10. Ivan Viktorov (01.11.1995, 196 cm, Russia),
13. Dmitriy Sonko (08.05.2001, 197 cm, Russia),
24. Timofey Gerasimov (15.05.1997, 197 cm, Russia).
Forwards:
7. James Thompson (18.01.1995, 208 cm, USA),
9. Alexey Babushkin (04.04.1994, 197 cm, Russia),
12. Yauheni Beliankou (11.06.1995, 198 cm, Belarus),
16. Vladislav Trushkin (05.05.1993, 201 cm, Russia).
Centers:
6. Alexandr Gudumak (03.07.1993, 203 cm, Russia),
11. Sergey Balashov (20.07.1996, 206 cm, Russia),
33. Roman Zagretdinov (02.04.1996, 210 cm, Russia).
The game starts at 3:30 PM Minsk time. The live broadcast will be available on the VTB United League website, as well as on the Belarus 5 TV channel. We believe in the team!