Match Details:

Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar vs Khimki Moscow Region
Venue: Basket Hall, Krasnodar
Date: 11th May 2021
Time: 07:30pm IST

Preview:

This is the 1st match of a three-game quarterfinal series between these two teams. The team winning this series will proceed to the semifinals of the VTD United League.

Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar won 18 games and lost 6 games in the regular season. They won their last match against Unics Kazan 98-77 and find themselves in 2nd place on the points table.

Khimki Moscow Region won 12 games and lost 12 games in the regular season. They lost their last match against Avtodor Saratov 80-84 and are standing at 7th place on the points table.

Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar score 86.9 points a game on average while they allow 80.3 points a game to their opponents.

Khimki Moscow Region score 77.5 points a game on average while they allow 90.2 points a game to their opponents.

Drew Gordon will lead the defensive duties of Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar. In the last match, he scored 19 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.

Errick McCollum is averaging 14.6 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists a game. In the last match, he scored 29 points, 2 assists and 1 steal.

I am backing Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar to win this match. Watch out for Kevin Hervey to produce a match-winning performance.

Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar:

Probable starting lineups:

PG Nigel Williams-Goss
SG Mantas Kalnietis
SF Mindaugas Kuzminskas
PF Kevin Hervey
C Drew Gordon

Best bench players:

SF Andrei Martiuk
PG Will Cummings

Injuries:

N/A

Top picks (Average fantasy points per game):

SG Mantas Kalnietis - 29.9 points
PF Kevin Hervey - 24.4 points

Khimki Moscow Region:

Probable starting lineups:

PG Alexey Shved (GTD)
SG Errick McCollum
SF Sergey Karasev
PF Sergey Monia
C Timofey Mozgov

Best bench players:

SG Evgeny Voronov
SF Egor Vilatsev
PG Vyacheslav Zaytsev

Injuries:

PG Alexey Shved - Questionable

Top picks (Average fantasy points per game):

PG Alexey Shved - 33.6 points
SG Errick McCollum - 21.9 points

Punt picks:

SG Grigory Motovilov (4.5 credit)
SF Anton Ponkrashov (5.0 credit)

Captain and vice-captain choices:

1.Mantas Kalnietis
2.Errick McCollum
3.Mindaugas Kuzminskas
4.Alexey Shved (GTD)

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