MATCH OF THE ROUND: Battle for the top – Partizan NIS vs. Budućnost VOLI
Whoever wins this match will make a major step toward taking the 1st place in the regular season.
Corey Walden (Photo: Buducnost VOLI)
ABA League Round 19, Sunday, 9.2.2020:
Where? Štark Arena, Belgrade
Where? 18:00
Story of the game: It was not very difficult to choose the match of the round this week. The two best placed team on the standings are facing each other on Sunday evening and whoever wins this match will make a major step toward taking the 1st place in the regular season.
It’s Partizan NIS vs. Budućnost VOLI!
Partizan NIS lost the last-round derby match against Crvena zvezda mts and the black & whites have therefore ended their 9-game winning streak in the ABA League. Still, the Belgrade side bounced back on their feet over the past week as they scored a huge EuroCup win against Virtus Bologna, so Partizan NIS are awaiting the upcoming clash against Budućnost VOLI in high spirits after all.
On the other side, the Podgorica side are on a 3-game winning streak in the ABA League and they do not want to stop there. Budućnost VOLI have a chance to clinch the top spot in the regular season for the 1st time since the 2015/16 season and in order to do that they need to win the following match in Belgrade.
It is also worth mentioning that Budućnost VOLI defeated Partizan NIS in the 1st part of the season by 65:60.
Match-up in focus: Corey Walden (Partizan NIS) vs. Justin Cobbs (Budućnost VOLI). Walden was the hero of Partizan NIS in that huge away win against Virtus Bologna couple of days ago and everybody in the black & white team hopes that the American guard can repeat that kind of performance on Sunday evening. At the same time, Budućnost VOLI squad put their hopes in their starting point guard Justin Cobbs who is by far the best scorer in the team.
Head to head in the regional league: In total 19:11; In Belgrade 11:3.
