Injury-plagued Crvena zvezda Meridianbet face Borac Mozzart on Sunday evening
In the clash of two red-and-white teams, Crvena zvezda Meridianbet will host Borac Mozzart this Sunday evening in Štark Arena.
Ioannis Sfairopoulos (Photo: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet/Djordje Kostic)
2023/24 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 16, Sunday, 14 January 2024:
CRVENA ZVEZDA MERIDIANBET - BORAC MOZZART
Where? Štark Arena, Belgrade
When? 19:30
Story of the game: In the clash of two red-and-white teams, Crvena zvezda Meridianbet will host Borac Mozzart this Sunday evening in Štark Arena.
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet are coming out from a very turbulent period in which they scored some huge wins, suffered some unexpected defeats, but most importantly in which they stayed without some major players due to injuries. Nikola Topić and Nemanja Nedović will be sidelined for more than a month, Luka Mitrović missed some of the previous games due to knee injury, while Mike Tobey was the last one to join the injury-plagued list and it is still uncertain when the American center will be back on court.
Despite all those problems, the Belgrade giant is still holding the top place on the standings with two wins in front of their biggest rivals, but we have to mention that Zvezda’s winning streak in the regional league came to an end last weekend when they lost the away game against Cedevita Olimpija. Therefore, now the reigning vice-champions will try to get back on the winning track in the AdmiralBet ABA League and continue their pursuit for securing the 1st place in the regular season.
On the other side, Borac Mozzart are coming to Belgrade after a tough loss against Mega MIS last week at home court. The Čačak troops are just at the border of the Playoffs zone and every win might be crucial for them in the race for the top 8 spots. Therefore, they will do their best to try stunning the powerful rival and to score their very first win against Crvena zvezda Meridianbet in the regional league.
Match-up in focus: Miloš Teodosić might be 37 years old, but he is playing like he these are the best years of his basketball career. The legendary point guard keeps impressing the crowd game by game and he will once again be the main power of Crvena zvezda Meridianbet in the upcoming match.
At the same time, Borac Mozzart really hit the jackpot by signing Ronaldo Segu last summer as this American point guard is currently the 3rd top scorer of the season with 17.3 points per game. Two weeks ago he had a 40+ index rating game which was his best performance so far in the season.
Head-to-head score in the regional league: In total 7:0; In Belgrade 3:0.
