MATCH OF THE ROUND: Igokea vs. Mornar… Can history repeat itself in Laktaši?
Igokea will host Mornar in the match that may decide who will be the 4th team to qualify for the 2020/21 ABA League Playoffs.
Darko Talic (Photo: Mornar/MEDIA Pro)
ABA League Round 26, Tuesday, 27 April 2021:
IGOKEA - MORNAR
Where? Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši
When? 18:00
Story of the game: Igokea will host Mornar in the match that may decide who will be the 4th team to qualify for the 2020/21 ABA League Playoffs.
At this moment, we know that Crvena zvezda mts, Budućnost VOLI and Igokea have qualified for the 2020/21 ABA League Playoffs, while the 4th team to join them will be either Mornar or Cedevita Olimpija.
If Mornar win the upcoming match in Lataši, then they will definitely seal their place in the Playoffs and on top of that Mornar will then take the 3rd place in the regular season, while Igokea will drop to the 4th spot. Mornar can qualify for the Playoffs even if they lose this match, but then they must hope that Cedevita Olimpija will lost their game against Mega Soccerbet.
On the other side, Igokea are fighting for the 3rd place and if they win the match against Mornar, then they will enter the Playoffs from the 3rd position.
There is one very interesting thing ahead of this match. Mornar have scored just one single road win against Igokea in the history of ABA League and that happened in the 2017/18 season… The same season Mornar achieved their biggest success by reaching the ABA League Playoffs for the first time in club’s history. What is also interesting is that Mornar scored that win just couple of rounds before the end of the 2017/18 regular season and it was probably the key win in their road to the Playoffs.
Will the history repeat itself in Laktaši? We are about to find out on Tuesday evening.
Match-up in focus: Anthony Clemmons is the top scorer and the top passer of Igokea in the ongoing season. Therefore, many things depend on this player when Igoeka’s gameplay is concerned, but in this match Clemmons will also have to be good in defense as he will confront the league’s 2nd best scorer – Jacob Pullen. Mornar’s star player has just recently recovered from injury, but his amazing performance in the derby match against Budućnost VOLI showed that Pullen is fully fit and ready for the final part of the season. In that match Pullen led Mornar toward a big win by scoring 32 points.
Head to head in the regional league: In total 4:5; In Laktaši 3:1.
