Kazan will host WINLINE Basket Cup group stage game between UNICS and Zenit.
UNICS (Kazan) – «Зенит» (Санкт-Петербург)
Time: 19:00
Place: Russia, Kazan, Basket Hall
Broadcast: VK Video, WINLINE Basket Cup website
UNICS: The Kazan club has not clinched in the Final Four yet, but highly likely to advance to the decisive stage of the WINLINE Basket Cup. To advance, the Kazan team simply needs to avoid losing to Zenit at home by 73 points. One of the league’s best defensive teams is unlikely to let that happen.
Zenit: The St. Petersburg team will advance to the Final Four in case of beating UNICS. And it doesn’t necessarily have to be by a 73-point difference—a win is all that’s required. Incredible margin would knock out Kazan team, whose spot in April’s decisive stage would be taken by Uralmash. Zenit is in good shape—Dejan Radonjic team ended its 10-game winning streak just last week. The Final Four will be in St. Petersburg, so the team will be motivated to secure win.