Today «Astana» plays with one of the leaders of the VTB United League — UNICS Kazan.

The duel will not be easy: the team of Velimir Perasovich takes the second place in the standings, second only to CSKA Moscow — 15 wins, 2 losses.

The first meeting between UNICS and Astana this season took place in October and ended with a major victory for the hosts in Kazan — 109:54. At the same time, the latest performances of Oleg Kiselev's team show that the guests will not just be on the Saryarka cycle track.

“Today we have a home game against the top team of the VTB United League. The support of the fans is very important to us: they always worry, give us energy and drive us forward. It's always nice to see your support, it helps a lot!”, urged the captain of Astana Rustam Murzagaliev before the game.

“We will play our last match in the outgoing year in the capital of Kazakhstan. «Astana» strengthened with two American defenders and improved their game compared to our meeting in the first round. We're going to dictate our basketball to our opponents and act athleticly,» UNICS forward Vince Hunter said before the game.

The match will start at 19:30 Astana time. Tickets are on sale at Zakazbiletov.kz.

Detailed information about the tournament, standings, schedule, and match results are published in the Tournaments section.

«Astana» played another match within the VTB United League.

This time Oleg Kiselev's team hosted UNICS Kazan, one of the leaders in the standings. The situation became even more difficult because Michael Myers continued to recover from the injury.

The match at the Saryarka cycle track ended with a score of 41:79 in favor of the guests.

Dmitry Gavrilov (11 points, 4 rebounds) became one of the leaders of «Astana» following the last game's results. UNICS scored Jalen Reynolds (16 points, 9 rebounds).
 
Astana will play the next match in the VTB United League in Minsk on December 25th. And on December 28–29, basketball will return to the Saryarka cycle track, where a home series will take place against Tobol.

Detailed information about the tournament, standings, schedule, and match results are published in the Tournaments section.