Clash for ticket to the safe zone
In Laktaši, Igokea will host Cibona in the first game of the Sunday"s action and it will be a battle of two teams that have raised level of their performances significantly following the switches at their head coach positions. Which one will make another step towards avoiding relegation?
In Laktaši, Igokea will host Cibona in the first game of the Sunday"s action and it will be a battle of two teams that have raised level of their performances significantly following the switches at their head coach positions. Which one will make another step towards avoiding relegation?
ABA League 21st round, Sunday, 24.1.2016:
Where? Laktaši sports Hall, Laktaši
When? 17:00
Story of the game: Both Igokea and Cibona are playing much better than in the first half of the season after both of them made switches at the head coach positions. Their Sunday"s chash will therefore be a battle for entering the safe zone. For Cibona, which are currently placed on the fifth place in the standings, it would mean almost literally, since it is hard to belive that they could fail to avoid one of the last two spots in case of a new success, while Igokea will try to beat Cibosi and tie themselves with them in the upper half of the standings.
Igokea have confirmed their excellent shape by winning their last two encounters in the ABA League, while on the other side Cibona have got away with a victory last round against MZT Skopje Aerodrom at home in Zagreb and have suffered an unlucky defeat against Partizan NIS in the round before.
It will therefore be a battle of two hot teams at the moment and it is almost impossible to predict which way the clash would go this time.
Match-up in focus: After the departures of some of the key players of both teams from the first half of the season it is not that difficult to determine which players would be in the focus this time. Experienced ABA League veteran Christopher Booker will try to prevent young gun Ante Žižić on the other end to put on another exceptional performance - will he succeed?
