Zadar claim third win in a row by beating Cibona in local derby game

AdmiralBet ABA League Round 5, Friday, 27 October 2023:

ZADAR – Cibona 91:64 (21:21, 24:14, 27:13, 19:16)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: In the local derby of two arch rivals, Zadar have prevailed over Cibona at home in Krešimir Ćosić Arena in Zadar. This way, the Dalmatian squad have scored their third win in a row in the AdmiralBet ABA League and are now on a 3:2 record after 5 games played, which will place them in the upper half of the standings when the Round 5 ends. On the other side, Cibona keep waiting for their first win of the season in the regional competition, at the very bottom of the standings.

Key moments: Zadar have managed to pull away already by the big break. After 10 minutes of the game, it has still been tied at 21:21, but the squad, led from the bench by head coach Danijel Jusup made a 14:2 run between 13th and 16th minute of the game, that put them up by 14 points (40:26). As it turned out, these were the key moments of the game, as Cibona simply did not manage to fight their way back into the game all until the end.

Man of the match: Luka Božić has put on another dominant performance, as he led his Zadar towards the big win over Cibona. He had 35 points (7/11 from beyond the arc - 64%), which is the highest single-game number of points scored so far by any Zadar player against Cibona in the AdmiralBet ABA League history, while adding 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, and a game-high valuation of 43 to his stats and has rightfully earned our man of the match award.

Can’t trick the stats: Field goal percentage, rebounding, passing, steals, turnovers… you name it! Zadar were simply better than Cibona in all statistical categories and have deservedly grabbed a win at the end of the game.