Zenit vs PARMA. A chance for St. Petersburg residents to create a basketball miracle?
On April 14, a match between local Zenit and Perm PARMA will take place in St. Petersburg. The teams will complete the winners' stage of the VTB United League 2023/24 with a common battle. It will be hosted by the Sibur Arena sports and entertainment complex.
The Blue-White-Blues looked average in the main VTB League championship. There they took fourth place, behind Lokomotiv, UNICS and CSKA. Then, in the Winners' Stage, they were ahead of the "railroad workers" and managed to get close to the Muscovites and Kazan players. The latter play each other in the final match of the round. If Zenit breaks PARMA, then it will become second in Group A. All this will happen despite its rather mediocre performances throughout the season.
This is true, but in some places the guys from the banks of the Neva can be good. For example, let’s remember the club’s last match in the championship against Krasnodar, won away. In that match, the “blue-white-blues” stood out: Trent Fraser (21 points), Kyle Kuric (18 points in attack), Thomas Ertel (16 points in the opponent’s hoop), Sergei Karasev (14 points and five interceptions) and Vince Hunter (11 points ahead).
Let us remind you that Zenit previously took three more matches in a row in the VTB League 2023/24. It turns out that the club is getting into excellent shape for the playoffs. Coincidence or cunning plan? There is no answer, but this fact is strictly pleasing.
We also recall that earlier Thomas Ertel jumped into the last five of the tournament. The legionnaire was awarded a place there for his achievements in the won match against UNICS. There the Frenchman had: 23 points, three rebounds, four assists and 26 efficiency points on the floor.
PARMA
The team, not without luck, got into Group A of the current VTB League (from sixth place in the table, ahead of the team that went to the losers’ round by only one success), but the nuances were forgotten over time, since PARMA started very zealously in the Winners’ Stage. First, the Permians beat CSKA, then UNICS and then the same team for the second time. The humiliation of the favorites turned out to be cool and it’s a pity that the team didn’t have such a charge of energy in all the fights of the round.
Now PARMA is fifth in the table of the Winners Stage. She can't escape from here. In the VTB League playoffs, it will begin its journey with a rivalry with Lokomotiv. It will be difficult. Do the Permians now need to give all their best in the battle with Zenit, which does not solve anything? Here you can either relax before the series with the “railroad workers”, or here you can try to accelerate to the limit. Coaching plans are unknown.
In their last match in the tournament, PARMA confidently defeated Yenisei at home. In that match, the Perm team did a great job: B.J. Johnson (24 points, plus five rebounds), Alexander Platunov (20 points ahead and seven assists), Richard Solomon (15 points in attack and six rebounds collected on the board), Isaiah Reese (13 points and eight assists), CJ Brice (11 points into the opponent’s basket, six rebounds, and five assists).
Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Zenit vs PARMA
ZenitThe Blue-White-Blues looked average in the main VTB League championship. There they took fourth place, behind Lokomotiv, UNICS and CSKA. Then, in the Winners' Stage, they were ahead of the "railroad workers" and managed to get close to the Muscovites and Kazan players. The latter play each other in the final match of the round. If Zenit breaks PARMA, then it will become second in Group A. All this will happen despite its rather mediocre performances throughout the season.
This is true, but in some places the guys from the banks of the Neva can be good. For example, let’s remember the club’s last match in the championship against Krasnodar, won away. In that match, the “blue-white-blues” stood out: Trent Fraser (21 points), Kyle Kuric (18 points in attack), Thomas Ertel (16 points in the opponent’s hoop), Sergei Karasev (14 points and five interceptions) and Vince Hunter (11 points ahead).
Let us remind you that Zenit previously took three more matches in a row in the VTB League 2023/24. It turns out that the club is getting into excellent shape for the playoffs. Coincidence or cunning plan? There is no answer, but this fact is strictly pleasing.
We also recall that earlier Thomas Ertel jumped into the last five of the tournament. The legionnaire was awarded a place there for his achievements in the won match against UNICS. There the Frenchman had: 23 points, three rebounds, four assists and 26 efficiency points on the floor.
PARMA
The team, not without luck, got into Group A of the current VTB League (from sixth place in the table, ahead of the team that went to the losers’ round by only one success), but the nuances were forgotten over time, since PARMA started very zealously in the Winners’ Stage. First, the Permians beat CSKA, then UNICS and then the same team for the second time. The humiliation of the favorites turned out to be cool and it’s a pity that the team didn’t have such a charge of energy in all the fights of the round.
Now PARMA is fifth in the table of the Winners Stage. She can't escape from here. In the VTB League playoffs, it will begin its journey with a rivalry with Lokomotiv. It will be difficult. Do the Permians now need to give all their best in the battle with Zenit, which does not solve anything? Here you can either relax before the series with the “railroad workers”, or here you can try to accelerate to the limit. Coaching plans are unknown.
In their last match in the tournament, PARMA confidently defeated Yenisei at home. In that match, the Perm team did a great job: B.J. Johnson (24 points, plus five rebounds), Alexander Platunov (20 points ahead and seven assists), Richard Solomon (15 points in attack and six rebounds collected on the board), Isaiah Reese (13 points and eight assists), CJ Brice (11 points into the opponent’s basket, six rebounds, and five assists).
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