The victory in the city derby against Buducnost Voli, especially the way they achieved it, shows that the SC Derby basketball players easily overcame the change of coach, the unexpected departure of Andrej Žakel, who was succeeded by Dejan Jakara.
"Students" are also a team to avoid in the AdmiralBet ABA League this season, but since the duel with Split - which is scheduled for Friday at 19:XNUMX in "Morača" - they seem to be at a new beginning, because center Kenan Kamenjaš is no longer there.
The most important player of SC Derby went to Budućnost, he already made his debut in the blue jersey in the defeat against Cluj in the Eurocup, so before the match with Split, the key question is how Podgorica will replace the departure of the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
SC Derby went through a series of difficult matches (matches against Partizan, Crvena zvezda and Budućnosti) and after 13 rounds in the regional competition, they have seven wins and six losses. Split, on the other hand, is 4-9.
"Split is playing better and better from game to game. It is a team that is made so that it has very uncomfortable tall players in the one-on-one game, there are also good "scorers" in the outer positions. We have to control the rebound and the number of turnovers and I hope is that there will be a positive result at the end of the game," said Jakara.
Derby won 76:72 in the first round of this season in Split.
"After an extremely difficult period where we had five difficult games, we can say that we got quite good results. Split has also been successful lately and it will be a much different match than the one we played at the start, because both teams have undergone changes. I believe that we are good enough to defend the home field - it will be like that if we play as in the previous matches, with a lot of energy and focus", pointed out playmaker Igor Drobnjak.
The people of Split believe that they can surprise.
"SC Derby is a different team now - with a new coach, without Kamenjaš, who was the team's first player. Some players have changed roles, but regardless of all these changes, they have stayed with their style of play, with aggressive defense, pressing all over the field. We will have to shut down Dawkins and pay attention to Kapusta's pick game, Drežnjak is in excellent form... We have played at a high level in the last month, I hope we can repeat that. We will have to if we want to win," said Split coach Slaven Rimac.
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