The point guard matchup between UNICS Kazan’s Lorenzo Brown and his Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade counterpart Nate Wolters will play a critical role in their team’s game on Friday.
Major matchups: Brown, UNICS vs. Wolters, Zvezda

Both players in this matchup are meeting their former teams. Brown has been red hot in recent weeks for UNICS. He has averaged 18.5 points on 24-for-39 two-point shooting (61.5%), 7.0 assists and 1.3 steals for a performance index rating of 22.3 over his last four games. Those numbers are up from already impressive numbers for the season: 14.1 points on 58.3% two-point shooting, 6.1 assists and 1.5 steals for a PIR of 18.1. He leads the league in assists, is fourth in PIR and sixth in steals. Now he visits the team he made his EuroLeague debut with.
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Zvezda will need someone to stop Brown to have a chance in Kazan and who better than Wolters, who helped UNICS reach the EuroCup Finals last season. Wolters knows the team and the arena well and his toughness and smarts will make things difficult on Brown. What’s more, Wolters is an excellent shooter and is averaging 10.7 points and 3.8 assists this season for Zvezda. The better Wolters performs in his return to Kazan, the better chances Zvezda has to fly home with a win in its pocket.