Who will take the 6th place - Olimpija or Igokea?
It's the battle for the 6th place on the standings. Olimpija Ljubljana host Igokea on Monday evening.
James Robinson (Photo: Igokea/Nenad Vuruna)
It's the battle for the 6th place on the standings. Olimpija Ljubljana host Igokea on Monday evening.
ABA League 16th round, Monday, 2.1.2017:
Where? Stožice Arena, Ljubljana
When? 21:00
Story of the game: Union Olimpija have found the right rhythm at the end of 2016. The Dragons have scored 4 consecutive wins in the ABA League and jumped to the 7th place on the standings... With just one win less than the 6th placed Igokea.
Therefore, the upcoming game will be a direct battle for the 6th place.
Igokea scored a win in their last match of the previous year and they are coming to Ljubljana in a good atmosphere. In the first part of the season, Igokea defeated Olimpija Ljubljana by 73:72, so if they make a break in Ljubljana the boys from Aleksandrovac will definitely have a better head to head score than their rivals. And that will definitely be very important when the race for the 6th place is concerned.
Match-up in focus: Nikola Janković was just superb in December. No one was able to stop the starting center of Olimpija Ljubljana, so the big guys from Igokea will have quite a difficult challenge. We will see if Draško Albijanić is up to this task.
Head to head in regional league: In total 4:7; In Ljubljana 4:1.
