Partizan NIS vs. Cedevita Olimpija… Can it be more thrilling than the last time?

Saturday, 24. October 2020 at 13:15

We all remember what happened the last time these two teams played against each other in ABA League.

Partizan NIS team (Photo: Partizan NIS)

ABA League Round 4, Sunday, 25 October 2020:

PARTIZAN NIS - CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA

Where? Ranko Žeravica Hall, Belgrade

When? 19:00

Story of the game: People are still talking about the last match between Partizan NIS and Cedevita Olimpija. It was one of the most thrilling games in recent history of ABA League, while it ended with the epic game-winning 3-pointer scored by Partizan NIS guard Ognjen Jaramaz.

Jaramaz won’t be part of the upcoming match as he is still recovering from injury, but still everyone expects to watch another ABA League thriller in Belgrade.

Apart from Jaramaz, Partizan NIS won’t be able to count on William Mosley as well and those are two very important players for the black & whites. Still, the Belgrade team have scored some important wins recently and they are full of optimism ahead of this match.

On the other side, Cedevita Olimpija are among the teams who have the perfect score after the opening 3 rounds of the 2020/21 ABA League regular season and the Dragons hope that they will stay on the winning path in Belgrade. The boys from Ljubljana put on a very powerful performance couple of days ago when day scored a convincing win against Koper Primorska in delayed game of Round 2, so their confidence level is at a very high level in front of the Sunday’s clash against Partizan NIS.

Match-up in focus: Codi Miller-McIntyre was one of the best players of Cedevita Olimpija in the previous season, while he is now one of the best players of Partizan NIS. Miller-Mcintyre is the 2nd best scorer of the black & whites in the ongoing season, while he will now have a direct duel against the player who replaced him at the position of the starting point guard in Cedevita Olimpija – Kendrick Perry. Perry is also the 2nd best scorer of his team in this season.

Head to head in the regional league: In total 1:1; In Belgrade 1:0.  

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