MATCH OF THE ROUND: Battle for the top – Mornar vs. Crvena zvezda mts
The winner of this match will make a major step forward in the race for the 1st place in the regular season.
Jordan Loyd (Photo: Crvena zvezda mts)
ABA League Round 16, Sunday, 24 January 2021:
Where? Topolica Sports Hall, Bar
When? 19:00
Story of the game: It was not difficult to pick this week’s match of the round as Sunday evening brings us the clash of two teams who aim to finish the regular season at the first place. It’s Mornar vs. Crvena zvezda mts.
Each side has suffered just two defeats so far in the regular season. Mornar are currently holding the top of the table with the overall score of 12-2, while the boys from Bar can say that they are in top form as they are on a 5-game winning streak in ABA League.
On the other side, Crvena zvezda mts’s current season score is 10-2. After going through a turbulent period in which they made a coach change, it seems that the Belgrade powerhouse is now improving their game week by week. After all, last Monday they managed to beat Real Madrid on the road in EuroLeague which says quite enough about the strength of the red-and-white team.
So far, these two teams have faced each other 5 times in Bar and Crvena zvezda mts have a slightly better score – 3:2.
Match-up in focus: Jacob Pullen (Mornar) vs. Jordan Loyd (Crvena zvezda mts)
Jacob Pullen is simply brilliant this season. Not just that he is the top scorer of Mornar, but he is also the league’s 3rd best scorer at this moment. On the other side, Crvena zvezda mts top scorer Jordan Loyd has returned on court after being sidelined for more than a month and he will definitely make Zvezda even stronger in the rest of the season.
Head to head in the regional league: In total 2:10; In Bar 2:3.
