Zadar feeling Cos(e)y, big win over Cibona

More than 5.000 fans in Krešimir Ćosić Arena enjoyed this Thirsday evening! They watched Zadar beat their arch rivals Cibona at the start of the new ABA League season, while they might also got a new hero - Glenn Cosey!

ZADAR - Cibona 62:53 (18:8, 19:19, 12:16, 13:10)

Game recap: Zadar could not have wished for a better season opening! A lot of fans gathered in Krešimir Ćosić Arena to give support to this new team, and coach Ante Nazor and his boys answered with a big win over the fierce rival Cibona. Zadar was in the lead from the start to the end and they well deserved to win this big derby. Today there were 5.000 spectators on the stands, if home side continue with wins they might have a full house soon...

Key moments: Actually, here we have the key result - 55:52. Cibona tried so hard to get back in this game and they reduced the margin to 55:52 in the fourth quarter. Away squad had three chances to come even closer... They missed all of them! Youngster Lovre Bašić punished that with a difficult three-pointer for 58:52. Zadar kept the lead until the end of the game.

Can't trick the STATS: At some moments of this match it looked like Cibona was playing against Zadar and against themselves. So many turnovers in key moments have cost Zagreb side a win. They had 21 of them, Zadar 13...

Man of the match: Definitely - Glenn Cosey! American point guard had fantastic debut for Zadar. He made 20 points, had 4 assists and most importantly - he was not afraid to take over the role of a leader. Home fans loved him.