8 featured games on Monday: NBA, KHL, First League and Primera

8 featured games on Monday: NBA, KHL, First League and Primera

Mikhail Georgiev November 26, 2023, 21:00 Moscow time

How the new work week will begin: a mix of basketball, hockey and soccer.

A quick link to this schedule is available in the additional menu: “Main matches of the day”.

See all the events on November 27 at the Match Center.

The program in summary:

???? 2:00: New York Knicks – Phoenix Suns, NBA regular season ???? 4:00: Denver Nuggets – San Antonio Spurs, NBA regular season ???? 17:00: Avtomobilist – “Spartak”, KHL regular championship ⚽️ 17:00: ” Dynamo Mkh” – “Torpedo”, First League, 20th round ???? 19:30: CSKA – “Lokomotiv”, KHL regular championship ⚽️ 19:30: “Alania” – “Akron”, First League , 20th round ???? 20:00: “Runa” – “Zenit”, regular championship of the VTB United League ⚽️ 23:00: “Girona” – “Athletic”, First, matchday 14

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???? 2:00: New York Knicks – Phoenix Suns, NBA regular season

Intrigue: Can the Knicks break Phoenix’s winning streak?

After a problematic start, Phoenix recovered and is now showing excellent basketball: seven wins in a row that brought the team to third place in the West. The star team seems increasingly confident, but the Knicks themselves do not disappoint. Coupled with an unexpectedly dominant victory in the series against Cleveland, the Knicks cemented themselves in the second tier of contenders in the East, fifth in the conference. Which of the two strong teams will win?

Kevin Durant had a difficult time moving to Phoenix:

Kevin Durant: The Nets didn’t want to get rid of me

???? 4:00: Denver Nuggets – San Antonio Spurs, NBA regular season

Intrigue: Can the Spurs take advantage of Denver’s poor form?

San Antonio is on an 11-game losing streak and is the worst team in the Western Conference. After a fairly good start to the season, a bad streak began, where the team was able to achieve victories, and Victor Vembanyama surprised the whole world, but everything got drastically worse. It would seem like the Texans should have no chance with the defending champions, but Denver is also having a rough time, losing four of its last five games. This is largely due to the absence of Jamal Murray, which greatly impacts an already thin team. Who will use this match to end the crisis period?

Is Vembanyama disappointing?

Victor Vembanyama drops to second place in NBA rookie rankings

???? 17:00: Avtomobilist – Spartak, KHL regular championship

Intrigue: will Spartak stop its fall?

The injury to the outstanding center forward Ivan Morozov still had a very negative impact on the play of Alexei Zhamnov’s team. For the first time this season, the red and white lost three games in a row and in this unsuccessful period they only scored four goals. Breaking the losing streak will be quite problematic: although Avtomobilist does not show a spectacular game, it has a very skillful selection of hockey players and will play at home.

The Spartak coach explained why the team began to suffer defeats:

Zhamnov: about the third consecutive defeat: Spartak has lost its greed for goals

⚽️ 17:00: Dynamo Mx – Torpedo, First League, matchday 20

Intrigue: Will Berdyev establish himself among the leaders of the First League?

Dinamo Makhachkala is beginning to justify the long-term investment: Kurban Berdyev coaches, the players play well, Shamil Gazizov directs. The mechanism works like a clock and the club is slowly moving towards its dream: entering the RPL. The rival is the mediocre Torpedo, but the interesting thing is that in the first round the Muscovites defeated their rival (2-0). Does this indicate a psychological advantage? Unlikely, given the 13-point gap between the clubs at the moment. The hosts decide the promotion theme and the guests decide how to avoid falling into the danger zone at the end of the season in their centenary year.

Makhachkala in RPL? It is not so simple:

The head of Dynamo Makhachkala told what problems the team will have when entering the RPL

???? 19:30: CSKA – Lokomotiv, KHL regular championship

Intrigue: can the current champion face a serious test?

CSKA won five of the last six matches, and the coach of the military team, Sergei Fedorov, even called the previous match against Dynamo Minsk ideal. However, the only defeat in this period came in the military derby against the SKA. For the rest, CSKA beat rivals clearly inferior in class and skill. Fedorov’s team will undergo a new test on Monday at home, playing against Lokomotiv.

The CSKA leader told how he almost ended up at Lokomotiv in the off-season:

Exclusive

Okulov: If he had not stayed at CSKA, Lokomotiv would have been one of the main options

⚽️ 19:30: “Alania” – “Akron”, First League, matchday 20

Intrigue: what will Kaleshin say now at the press conference?

Akron’s head coach is very worried about his team’s defeats: in the last round, the specialist at a press conference after a meeting with Volgar spoke about the global problems of domestic football. Considering that the Togliatti team now faces a better opponent (and one next to it in the table), there is a chance to hear something new and no less interesting from the coach. In addition, “Alania” will not have problems with the lack of tuning: the Vladikavkaz team must compensate for the collapse with “Khimki” (1:4). However, there is one nuance: Alania has not won in the last six meetings between these clubs.

That same Kaleshin press conference:

Akron coach Kaleshin: Football is deteriorating. It’s like they’re destroying it on purpose.

???? 20:00: “Runa” – “Zenit”, regular championship of the VTB United League

Intrigue: Will Runa be able to break his and Zenit’s losing streak?

It seems that the St. Petersburg club is emerging from the crisis at the beginning of the season, where one of the draw favorites managed to occupy a position in the second half of the table. Now the blue and white have four wins in a row and third place in the United League. Runa, on the other hand, has regressed to the average, with three consecutive defeats that have left the team outside the top 6, where clubs automatically qualify for the first phase. Is everything going as usual or can a newcomer change the situation?

“Runa” is run by open and modern people.

Stories

What an atmosphere in Rune! The general director of the Moscow club competed with the coach

⚽️ 23:00: Girona – Athletic, First, matchday 14

Intrigue: will the Catalans lose first place in the league?

So far, everything indicates that the main sensation of the season will occur in the Spanish Championship: Girona’s football is so magical that the team could very well win the league. But let’s not make assumptions, because even according to the results of matchday 14, the Catalans could lose first place. To do this we need to lose against Athletic and for Real to beat Cádiz. The second is easy to believe, but the first can be problematic: last season the Bilbao club lost twice to Girona (2-3, 1-2). But the risk still exists: Athletic has been very good in recent weeks.

Who, besides Girona, surprises this season:

Kokorin’s former club and City’s “younger brother”. Who is sensationally at the top of Europe’s major leagues?