The end of the 12th round of the AdmiralBet ABA League will be put on by the Mornar basketball players, who are visiting Cedevita Olimpija tonight (19:XNUMX p.m.) in the small "SC Tivoli" hall.
The people of Ljubljana are playing great this season in the regional competition, they have experienced only two defeats (against Buducnost Voli and FMP), and they also defeated Partizan, which is why they are just behind the Belgrade giants in the table. Barani, on the other hand, are 4:7 below the line for the playoffs, but it is unrealistic to expect that they can catch up with Igokea and Cibona in Ljubljana.
- We entered a very difficult period, because we play derby after derby, until the match with FMP. We should not waste words on the qualities of our opponent, given that he has been playing in the playoffs of this competition for years and that his goals are always high. We try to work well during these breaks and to continue fighting for our bare lives - pointed out the coach of Sailors, Mihailo Pavićević.
Due to Vladimir Mihailović's hand injury, who will not be there tonight either, Balša Živanović got significantly more minutes in the last three games and scored an average of nine points in just over 20 minutes.
- An extremely difficult match awaits us. Cedevita Olimpija plays extremely fast basketball, with a lot of play in transition. We will try to stop it and do our best to make a surprise in Ljubljana - emphasized the 21-year-old Baranin.
Unlike the ABA league, Jurica Golemac's team in the Eurocup is below the line for the round of XNUMX halfway through the group stage. Due to the problem with the coronavirus, he could not postpone games (like against Crvena zvezda in the regional competition), and he also had several injured players, so he started the season with six defeats. He has been playing better lately, so six days ago he defeated Group A leader Burg in France and with his second win stayed in the game for the knockout stage.
The biggest star of the team is Jogi Ferel, who is the team's first scorer and assistant, and Džoš Adams, Zoran Dragić, Amar Alibegović, Alen Omić are also dangerous... Interestingly, in Ljubljana, Mornar, who celebrated twice in " Arena Stožice", and lost once.
- Sailor is an extremely dangerous team. It plays fast, attacking basketball, has extremely talented players and many young basketball players with a lot of energy, who want to prove themselves. Deron Russell is very fast and an extremely good shooter, and in the ABA League he scores 30 points per game. We will have to prepare to stop him - said Golemac.
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