This Sunday, December 16, the capital basketball club will hold its fifth home match within the framework of the VTB United League, season 2018/2019. This time the Estonian basketball club «Kalev» visits Astana.
«Kalev» - is an Estonian professional men's basketball club from the city of Tallinn, founded in 1920.
Achievements:
Chronicle of past games: Estonian Champion has participated in the VTB League since its foundation in 2009. For the previous 7 seasons, «Astana» played 12 times with the Estonian club, 9 of which ended with the victory of the capital club.
Present position: For the second season in a row, the team is led by Lithuanian specialist Donaldas Kairis. This season, «Kalev» also extended a contract with one of the leaders of the team, Serbian legionnaire Branko Mirković. The team has a good selection of American players as well.
Standings: The opponent from Estonia ranks 7th in the standings with 4 wins and 5 losses. Capital basketball club «Astana» takes 4th place, with a result of 5 wins and 3 losses.
Commentary of the head coach of BC «Astana» Emil Raikovich: “Kalev” is a very serious team, their results speak for themselves. The club has 10 reliable players who are very close-knit and play only team basketball. Estonians use zonal pressure and constantly put pressure on the player with a ball, which means that we need to perform deliberate actions in the attack and defend well against the key players Mirkovic and Lewis, who brilliantly use the pick-and-roll and one-on-one attacks. In addition, every other player is very dangerous, having quite diverse skills. In general, as always, the main task will be to effectively carry out and follow our game plan, which will allow us to win an important victory at home.»
The match will take place on December 16 at the arena of the Saryarka Cycle Track, starting at 3:00 pm, Astana time. Online tickets are available on Ticketon.kz. Live broadcast of the match will be available on our website in the Match Center section and on the QazSport channel.
Detailed information about the tournament, tournament tables, the schedule and results of the matches are published in the section Tournaments.
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