Perm will host WINLINE Basket Cup group stage game between PARMA and Mega
PARMA (Russia) vs Mega (Serbia)
Time: 19:30 (17:30 Moscow time)
Place: Russia, Perm, UDS Molot
Broadcast: VK Video, WINLINE Basket Cup website
PARMA: The Cup playoffs will not begin in April in St. Petersburg, but on March 31 in Perm, where PARMA and Mega will face off to determine the fourth participant of the Final Four. This will be the final game of the group stage. The Perm team will advance to the Final Four even in case of losing, but only if the difference will be less than 15 points. If the margin is exactly 15 points or more, Mega will advance. The Ural club has to regain the consistency it showed in the first half of the regular season—2-4 in its last 6 VTB League games. And yet, in such a significant home game, the Russian team will put the recent losses behind and have maximum determination.
Mega: After starting the Cup with 2 wins, the Serbian club then got 3 consecutive losses. The team played its last game in the WINLINE Basket Cup way back on February 11, losing to Lokomotiv. Things aren’t going smoothly in the Adriatic League either—2 losses in last 2 games. The head-to-head against PARMA in Belgrade ended with the Perm team win. Finally, the tournament standings don’t favor “Mega” either, as the team needs to win by 15 points. However, this young team has already proven it can pull off surprises, so the underdog status ahead of the decisive clash is unlikely to faze the guests.