Friday night in Belgrade starts with a special game - Zvezda vs. Cibona

Story of the game: This game will always be special, regardless of how good the teams are at the moment. The rivarly between Crvena zvezda mts and Cibona dates from long ago, while on Friday night it will get a new chapter.

The atmopshere inside Crvena zvezda mts team in front of this match is certainly very positive, as they have recently won the 1st trophy in the new season – The 2018 ABA Super Cup. The red & whites had a huge support from their fans in Laktaši during the Super Cup, while we can only imagine what it will be like on Friday evening in their first home game in the new season.

Cibona haven’t participated at the 2018 ABA Super Cup, so they had plenty of time to prepare themselves for this match. The Wolves have changed their roster a lot during the summer, so this will be a chance to see how much this team can do in the upcoming season.

It is worth mentioning that Crvena zvezda mts have won the last 8 games against Cibona, while the Belgrade side have prevailed 13 times in their last 14 duels against the old rivals. Interesting enough, Cibona grabbed that 1 win at the Final Four of the regional league back in 2013/14 season. The same season when Cibona won the regional championship for the 1st time in their history.

Match-up in focus: Joe Ragland has showed his class during the 2018 ABA Super Cup and he might be the new leader of Crvena zvezda mts down on the court. On the other side, same is expected from Brandis Raley-Ross, who was one of the best players of Mornar in the past season, while now he will try bring that winning mentality to Cibona.

Head to head in regional league: In total 23:11; In Belgrade 16:2.