Two old rivals meet again – Partizan NIS vs. Cibona
Partizan NIS will host Cibona this Friday evening in postponed game of Round 17.
Roko Prkacin (Photo: Cibona/Mihal Jacic)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 17, Friday, 15 April 2022:
Where? Aleksandar Nikolić Sports Hall, Belgrade
When? 19:00
Story of the game: Partizan NIS will host Cibona this Friday evening in postponed game of Round 17.
For Partizan NIS this is the last game in the ongoing regular season. The black-and-whites will most certainly want to finish the regular season campaign with a win and to therefore keep some chances of claiming the top spot. Recall that in order to finish at the 1st place at the end of the regular season, Partizan NIS will need to win this game and to hope that Crvena zvezda mts lose all of their remaining games.
On the other side, Cibona are coming to Belgrade without any pressure of making a good result as they have already lost all chances of reaching the Playoffs, while at the same time they are far away from the relegation zone and they have their AdmiralBet ABA League status for the following season secured. Still, as this is the clash of two old rivals, Cibona will definitely have huge motive to try repeating the result from the last season when they defeated Partizan NIS on the road in overtime thriller.
In the 1st part of the 2021/22 AdmiralBet ABA League campaign, Partizan NIS triumphed in Zagreb by 79:61.
Match-up in focus: Mathias Lessort (Partizan NIS) vs. Danko Branković (Cibona).
Partizan NIS center Mathias Lessort shined in the last week’s match against Mega Mozzart when he almost reached a double-double as he finished the game with 10 points and 8 rebounds. At the same time, Cibona’s big man Danko Branković led his team toward a sensational win against Cedevita Olimpija last weekend with 20 points and 5 rebounds.
Who will be better this time? We will find out on Friday evening.
Head-to-head score in the regional league: In total 30:11; In Belgrade 17:2.
