UNICS vs CSKA. Could intrigue be revived here?
On June 5, the fifth match of the final series of the VTB United League will take place in Kazan, in which UNICS and CSKA are sorting out their basketball relations. The game will take place on the floor of the Basket Hall sports complex. The score in the series up to four wins is 3:1 in favor of CSKA. The last match of the rivalry was left to the guys from Tatarstan.
Kazan lost the first three matches of the series. After that, it seemed that there was nothing good for them here at all. Then UNICS powerfully beat CSKA in Moscow. At that moment it all looked bright, but now that the euphoria has gone, the situation is no longer too rosy. Yes, the Kazan team missed a lot. They gave their all here. At some point, the opponent realized that the fight could not be won and went into energy saving mode.
What will happen next? The Kazan team won the last match on a whim. It is far from certain that this will be possible to pull off again. Their opponent earlier in this series left the impression that he was better than UNICS and, moreover, by an order of magnitude. If all this is true, then Kazan residents need to prepare for an abrupt end to the season and silver medals around their necks.
Who was the hero of the last match of the series? Great work here: Nenad Dimitrievich (27 points and 9 assists), Vyacheslav Zaitsev (13 points in attack), Marcos Knight (12 points in attack), Dmitry Kulagin and Andrey Vorontsevich (both 11 points), as well as Louis Laberie (nine points in the opponent’s basket and eight collected balls on the backboard).
CSKA
The team started this final series as confidently as possible, winning the three opening matches here. Then there was a major misfire. Is this the beginning of the end? It doesn't look like that. It was a successful match for the opponent and a bad one for the “army” team, who at a certain moment realized that there was nothing to catch here and then they could simply finish the battle, saving strength and forcing the Kazan team to waste it.
In the upcoming battle, you can expect fast basketball from the Muscovites, which will be forced on UNICS in order to wear them down. This is a very good plan. The last match of the series was lost, but CSKA had its heroes in it too. We especially note the following basketball players: Melo Trimble (16 points), Anton Astapkovich (14 points in the ring), Olivier Hanlan (11 points in attack) and Amat M'Bye (ten points). These guys worked with individual skill.
Previously, in the current VTB League, the clubs fought each other four more times. In these fights, success was three times on the side of the guys from Tatarstan. In total, today we have complete equality of strength in the pair in the 2023/24 season (four positive results for each side).
Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on UNICS vs CSKA
UNICSKazan lost the first three matches of the series. After that, it seemed that there was nothing good for them here at all. Then UNICS powerfully beat CSKA in Moscow. At that moment it all looked bright, but now that the euphoria has gone, the situation is no longer too rosy. Yes, the Kazan team missed a lot. They gave their all here. At some point, the opponent realized that the fight could not be won and went into energy saving mode.
What will happen next? The Kazan team won the last match on a whim. It is far from certain that this will be possible to pull off again. Their opponent earlier in this series left the impression that he was better than UNICS and, moreover, by an order of magnitude. If all this is true, then Kazan residents need to prepare for an abrupt end to the season and silver medals around their necks.
Who was the hero of the last match of the series? Great work here: Nenad Dimitrievich (27 points and 9 assists), Vyacheslav Zaitsev (13 points in attack), Marcos Knight (12 points in attack), Dmitry Kulagin and Andrey Vorontsevich (both 11 points), as well as Louis Laberie (nine points in the opponent’s basket and eight collected balls on the backboard).
CSKA
The team started this final series as confidently as possible, winning the three opening matches here. Then there was a major misfire. Is this the beginning of the end? It doesn't look like that. It was a successful match for the opponent and a bad one for the “army” team, who at a certain moment realized that there was nothing to catch here and then they could simply finish the battle, saving strength and forcing the Kazan team to waste it.
In the upcoming battle, you can expect fast basketball from the Muscovites, which will be forced on UNICS in order to wear them down. This is a very good plan. The last match of the series was lost, but CSKA had its heroes in it too. We especially note the following basketball players: Melo Trimble (16 points), Anton Astapkovich (14 points in the ring), Olivier Hanlan (11 points in attack) and Amat M'Bye (ten points). These guys worked with individual skill.
History of the confrontation
The series score is 3:1. Muscovites are in the lead. The pair's current rivalry began in Kazan. The guests took both matches here (96:95 and 94:83). Then the capital won on their territory (80:72). After that, Kazan were better on the road (96:80).Previously, in the current VTB League, the clubs fought each other four more times. In these fights, success was three times on the side of the guys from Tatarstan. In total, today we have complete equality of strength in the pair in the 2023/24 season (four positive results for each side).
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