Almost two months later, the VTB United League is returning to Kazakhstan — the basketball club «Astana» will host the Krasnoyarsk «Enisey». The match will take place in Nur-Sultan at the arena of the Saryarka cycle track on Friday, December 10, starting at 19:30 Nur-Sultan time. Tickets are on sale at Ticketon.kz.
! ATTENTION — We ask all fans to carefully read the Rules for visiting home matches. The entrance to the arena will be carried out only through the Northern entrance (from the side of Orynbor street, opposite the gas station).
«Enisey» - is a Russian professional men's basketball club from the city of Krasnoyarsk, founded in 1981. In addition to the VTB United League, he participated in the FIBA European Cup this season, but was left behind after the qualifying round.
Achievements:
- Champion of the «B» division of the Russian Super League — 2006
- Silver medalist of the B division of the Russian Super League — 2004/2005, 2005/2006
- Bronze medalist of the Russian Cup — 2011
Roster:
Americans Leighton Hammond, Kerron Johnson, Jordan Matthews, Tyus Battle, and Dustin Hogue left the team in the offseason. Three Russian players also did not stay in «Yenisei» — Artem Komissarov, Ilya Popov, and Mikhail Kulagin, who was the only one of the departed players of the Krasnoyarsk team to stay in the VTB United League — he moved to «Nizhny Novgorod.» On the other hand, six players of the last season remained in the team, and all six Russians — Alexander Gudumak, Ivan Viktorov, Sergey Balashov, Sergey Mitusov, Timofey Yakushin, and Dmitry Sonko.
Four American players have joined the Yenisei squad this season; three made their debut in the VTB United League. Forward Darral Willis played for Nizhny Novgorod in the 19/20 season and began his professional career at «Kerasnos,» Cyprus, with which he became the champion and winner of the Cyprus Cup. Last season started in Monaco and ended at Italian «Brescia.» A seasoned guard Caspian Weir has tried his hand in the NBA summer leagues with «Detroit Pistons,» «Houston Rockets,» and «Brooklyn Nets,» and even signed a ten-day deal with the Philadelphia «Seventy Sixers» during the primary NBA season. Although this is his career in The NBA was over. In Europe, he played in the Italian squads «Novipyu Casale Monferrato» and «Virtus Bologna,» the German «EVE Baskets Oldenburg,» the French «ASVEL» and the Polish «Stal Ostrov.» He also played in China in «Tianjin Ronggan» and Australia «Melbourne United» and «Sydney Kings.» During his career, he became the champion of France and Australia, as well as the winner of the German Cup. A guard Rayon Brown started his career in Israel, in «Hapoel Tel Aviv,» and then played in the Belgian team «Excelsior Brussels,» the Finnish «Cataye» Cateyeh which he became the champion of Finland, the French «ZhDA Dijon,» the Greek «Promiteas Patras» and «Panathinaikos,» the Turkish «Tofashe» and the Slovenian «Cedevita Olympia,» in which he became the champion of the Slovenian Cup. A guard Brighton Lemar marked the start of his professional career with the French team «Nancy Basket» and then played for the French «Caen Basket,» Hungarian «Soproni,» Polish «Start Lublin,» Turkish «Gaziantep» and Italian «Reggiana.» In addition, five players with Russian citizenship joined the Krasnoyarsk team. Forward Vladislav Trushkin, in the 16/17 season, already played for «Yenisei.» Before that, there were «Sparta and K,» «Dynamo Moscow,» and «Spartak Vladivostok.» In VTB United League, Vladislav, in addition to «Yenisei,» played a season for «UNICS» and three in «Zenit.» Center Alexander Vinnik, from the start of his career, AS played seven seasons in «PARMA,» then one season in «NN.» Last season he was with Samara in the Russian Super League. Forward Alexei Babushkin started in the «Sparta and K» team and then spent four seasons at «Zenit.» Still, during this time, Alexei was on loan with «Temp SUMZ-UMMC,» «Spartak «(SPB), and «Irkut.» Then he spent the season at Spartak (SPB) and then at «Avtodor.» Last season, he again spent in the Super League as part of the «MBA.» A guard Timofey Gerasimov started in the Lokomotiv-Kuban system. He played for the primary team and the farm — «Lokomotiv-Kuban TsOP» and last year in Nizhny Novgorod. A guard Alexander Ershov is a graduate of CSKA. Before that, he was in the team's application for the VTB United League season (CSKA) but has not played a single game yet.
Head coach: The coaching staff of the Krasnoyarsk team has not changed compared to last season. The head coach of the Krasnoyarsk team is still the Croatian specialist Drazen Anzulovich, and all the same Russian coaches Pavel Dergachev and Sergey Vasiliev help him.
Rival leaders: The team is led by Americans Darral Willis and Casper Weir, as well as Rayon Brown — these three players averaged nearly 60 points per game. In addition, the team includes Brinton Lemar, Timofey Gerasimov, Sergey Balashov and Alexey Babushkin. In addition, Alexander Gudumak, Ivan Viktorov and Sergey Mitusov spend more than ten minutes of the game on the court.
Standing position: Enisey played six games this season. Our future rivals started with an away victory over “Kalev”, after which they lost three points at home to UNICS. Then Krasnoyarsk lost big at home to Zenit, lost to Loko on the road, did not cope with Avtodor at home and literally three days ago, again lost to Zenit on their floor. The Krasnoyarsk team is now on the tenth line, and “Astana”, after two wins in six games, is on the ninth position in the standings.
History of meetings: Enisey won two victories last season over the capital's team, as a result of which they are ahead of Astana in the VTB United League in the face-to-face race with a score of 8: 6.
Interesting Facts: Bookmakers in this meeting see the Kazakh team as the winner, but they do not give much preference to it.
The match will take place in Nur-Sultan on the arena of the Saryarka cycle track on Friday, December 10, beginning at 19:30 Nur-Sultan time. Online broadcast of the game will be available on the main page of our website.
The entrance to the arena will be carried out only through the Northern entrance (from the side of Orynbor street, opposite the gas station).
Detailed information about the tournament, tournament tables, schedule and match results are published in the
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