Zenit vs MBA. The end of the rookie basketball tale?
Zenit in St. Petersburg will host the MBA on the floor of the Sibur Arena sports complex. The game will take place on April 1st. This is the starting meeting of the teams in the quarterfinal series up to three positive results.
The reigning champion of the VTB United League finished the current regular championship of the tournament in third place (16/6). In the Winners' Stage, he did not move anywhere in the final protocol (7/3). In the quarter-finals, Zenit meets with the worst team in Group A, starting the series with two home games. The prospects for the Blue-White-Blues are very good. They definitely outperform their rivals in class. Their roster is in immaculate condition. Ertel recovered 100% by the start of the playoffs.
You need to defeat the Muscovites in the first game of the series to break their spirit. Next, you need to pick up the second meeting in class and quickly complete the case on the road. It's not worth pulling. In the semi-final it will be as difficult as possible, you need to understand this and save energy for those battles. With the performing class, the team from the banks of the Neva is in perfect order, which means that the plan may well work.
MBA
The middle peasants of the last Superleague this season made a fuss in the new division. Muscovites finished in the regular season of the country's elite basketball tournament in fifth place (13/9), losing in the table to Nizhny Novgorod only by additional factors. In the Winners' Stage, MBA did not succeed (2/8) and she rolled back to the last line in Group A. Well, now we need to be content with what we have gained. The series against Zenit is an extremely big test.
What is the plan for trips to St. Petersburg? Ideally, it would be to transfer the series to Moscow, at least with a score of 1:1. It is quite clear that the opponent will shoot powerfully in the first battle. Perhaps it is possible to save energy in it only by designating the fight, for example, by the work of snipers, who are definitely present in the composition, and then throw all your reserves in the second battle in St. Petersburg. It is obvious to everyone that the MBA basketball players are definitely not strong enough to take on Zenit on the road in both battles.
Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Zenit vs MBA
ZenitThe reigning champion of the VTB United League finished the current regular championship of the tournament in third place (16/6). In the Winners' Stage, he did not move anywhere in the final protocol (7/3). In the quarter-finals, Zenit meets with the worst team in Group A, starting the series with two home games. The prospects for the Blue-White-Blues are very good. They definitely outperform their rivals in class. Their roster is in immaculate condition. Ertel recovered 100% by the start of the playoffs.
You need to defeat the Muscovites in the first game of the series to break their spirit. Next, you need to pick up the second meeting in class and quickly complete the case on the road. It's not worth pulling. In the semi-final it will be as difficult as possible, you need to understand this and save energy for those battles. With the performing class, the team from the banks of the Neva is in perfect order, which means that the plan may well work.
MBA
The middle peasants of the last Superleague this season made a fuss in the new division. Muscovites finished in the regular season of the country's elite basketball tournament in fifth place (13/9), losing in the table to Nizhny Novgorod only by additional factors. In the Winners' Stage, MBA did not succeed (2/8) and she rolled back to the last line in Group A. Well, now we need to be content with what we have gained. The series against Zenit is an extremely big test.
What is the plan for trips to St. Petersburg? Ideally, it would be to transfer the series to Moscow, at least with a score of 1:1. It is quite clear that the opponent will shoot powerfully in the first battle. Perhaps it is possible to save energy in it only by designating the fight, for example, by the work of snipers, who are definitely present in the composition, and then throw all your reserves in the second battle in St. Petersburg. It is obvious to everyone that the MBA basketball players are definitely not strong enough to take on Zenit on the road in both battles.
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