Excellent Cibona grabbed fifth win of the season in Ljubljana
In the opening game of the 6th round, Olimpija Ljubljana are currently hosting Cibona in Stožice Arena, Ljubljana. Follow live stats on our website.
(Photo: Union Olimpija/Aleš Fevžer)
Cibona have achieved their fifth win of the season by beating Olimpija Ljubljana on the road in Stožice Arena and they did majority of the job that needed to be done in the opening half.
ABA League, Regular Season, Round 6, Saturday, 22.10.2016:
Olimpija Ljubljana – CIBONA 72:89 (20:25, 21:23, 14:20, 17:21)
Game recap: Cibona are continuing on their winning path with another triumph which they have acheived on the road in Stožice Arena against Olimpija Ljubljana and it is their fifth win of the season in six games played so far in the ABA League. Thanks to new great performances of Željko Šakić and Ante Žižić Cibosi have done the key part of their job in the first half and managed to maintain their advantage in the second one.
Key moments: The last time that the two teams were still really close was in the 7th minute of the game, when Cibona led 16:14. That's when the visiting team put their foot on the gas and with 5 points of Nik Slavica created the 7:0 run in no more than a minute to pull away to the score of 23:14. The Dragons never ever managed to catch them until the end of the game.
Man of the match: It was another brilliant night of the ABA League round five MVP Željko Šakić, who ended the game with 20 points, 7 rebounds and just as many assists, while stealing two balls and achieving a valuation of 33! There was just not an even match on the opposite side this time and he is our man of the match.
Can' trick the stats: Union Olimpija are having problems with turnovers all season long so far and this time was no different. The home side lost simply too many balls (17) during the game against Cibona and this was the main reason for their defeat in the end.
