VTB United league 2016/2017
Astana
Astana
VTB United League, Regular season
05.03.2017, 16:00 Su
Arena: Velotrek «Saryarka» (Astana)
88:73
Main time
21:15 21:13 22:28 24:17
Game number: RS/117
Spectators: 420
PARMA
Perm

Astana welcomes Parma

02.03.2017, 15:50    Просмотров: 918
Источник: Press service
Автор: Almira Shakhaeva
On Sunday, March, 5 «Astana» will hold a home game in the frames of the VTB United League against «Parma» from the city of Perm.
 
The capital basketball players have came back home from all their February trips and now they can switch to the home game, but the team won’t stay here for a long. After Sunday game, «Astana» goes to Almaty to play in the Kazakhstan Cup.
 
And now what you would wish to know about the upcoming match. Officially, «Parma» was founded in 2012, Parma is a newcomer in the VTB United League, debuting here this season, and before the club has played in the Russian Super League, winning the bronze medals of this Russian championship last season. In November, the two teams have already met on the court of «Parma», where our club gained a landslide victory with a score of 65:82.
 
Head coach of «Astana» Ilias Papatheodorou told us about the preparation for the match:
 - After two very important victories on the road we came back home and are going to play for our fans. We have to play with confidence from the very start of the match. This game is important for us, and our team expects to win.
 
The match will take place on 5 March on the court of Sary-Arka, the Republican cycle track, beginning at 16:00 Astana time. Free admission. Broadcasting of the match is available live on Kazsport TV channel and website of the VTB United League.

«Astana» gets closer to playoff

06.03.2017, 12:00    Просмотров: 855
Источник: VTB United league
Автор:
«Astana» defeated  »Parma», Perm — 88:73 (21:15, 21:13, 22:28, 24:17).
 
Astana managed to secure a comfortable double-digit advantage outright in the first half. The effective defence of «Astana» prevented Perm from big scoring with only 28 points in favour of“Parma”. However, early in the third quarter by efforts of Sergey Chernov and Sasha Zagoraс «Parma» has taken a leap and almost caught up wards of Ilias Papatheodorou — 52:50 after Konstantin Bulanov’s sharp shoot.  3-point shots by Ian Miller and Robert Lowery restored 10-point advantage of “Astana”. In the final quarter «Astana» managed to break away from its rivals.  Kazakhstanis won its 9th victory of the season, and confidently took its place in a playoff.
 
Top-scorers:
 
«Astana»: Ousman Krubelly  (21 + 12 rebounds), Robert Lowery (16 + 7 rebounds 5 assists), Ian Miller (15), Leonidas Kasilakis (11 + 8 rebounds)
 
«Parma»: Sergey Chernov (14 + 6 assists), Konstantin Bulanov (13), Sasha Zagoraс (11 + 5 rebounds), Maxim Dybovskiy (10 + 8 rebounds)
 
“Parma” head coach Viacheslav Shushakov:
– I’m happy with my guys’ play. Of course, we were lack of Ukhov’s three-point shots, as he’s injured. We also lacked consistency. We competed the best we could on defence. Of course, Astana is stronger than us now.
 
“Astana” head coach Ilias Papatheodorou:
– We played very well on defence at the beginning, especially against Parma’s leaders. Specifically, we did a good job defensively on Chernov. We lost our concentration for a short time in the 3rd quarter, but then we were able to regain control and secured the win.

Information about the opponent

Established year: 2012 Team colors: white, dark blue
Country: Russia Arena: UDS «Molot»
City: Perm Website: parmabasket.ru

Description

«PARMA-PARI» - is a Russian professional men's basketball club from the Perm Territory, founded in 2012.

Achievements:
  • Russian Cup Winner 2015/2016, 2018/2019
  • Bronze medalist of the Russian Cup 2016/2017
  • Super League bronze medalist 2015/2016
  • Participant of the Final Four of the FIBA European Cup — 2021

Overall team photo

PARMA