ZENIT ST PETERSBURG (RUSSIA)

Founded in 2014
Team colors: blue, white and light blue
Honors: VTB United League bronze (2016, 2017, 2018), Russian championship bronze (2016, 2017, 2018)
Arena: Sibur Arena (capacity – 7120), SK Yubileyniy (capacity – 6381)
General manager: Alexander Tserkovniy
Head coach: Joan Plaza
Official website: basket.fc-zenit.ru

Where to watch

LIVE: Match! Nash Sport (19:25), matchtv.ru
Text online: VTB United League website

PRE-GAME QUOTES

Rimas Kurtinaitis, Khimki Moscow Region head coach:

“We have great respect for Zenit. It’s a great team and they had a good coach take the job recently. Both Zenit and Khimki are in similar positions since certain changes have occurred as a result of switching coaches. We want to introduce the changes gradually in order to have a smooth transition to a new philosophy. I don’t know how the process is going at Zenit. They played two different games vs. CSKA and UNICS. We are preparing for this game like a EuroLeague game. We had a good practice. We’re going to compete and try to win”.