Monday night basketball in Podgorica – Can Game 2 be even more exciting than Game 1?

2023/24 AdmiralBet ABA League Quarterfinals Round 2, Monday, 22 April 2024:

SC DERBY - CRVENA ZVEZDA MERIDIANBET

Where? Morača Sports Hall, Podgorica

When? 18:30

Story of the game: Game 2 of the quarter-final series between SC Derby and Crvena zvezda Meridianbet will be played this Monday evening in Podgorica.

Recall that Crvena zvezda Meridianbet won Game 1 in Belgrade by 83:81, but only after performing a major comeback in the 4^th quarter and after surviving the last-second 3-point attempt by SC Derby team. The red-and-whites are well-aware that their performance in that game was far from good, so they will now try to make a much better impression and, most importantly, score another win and therefore finish the series already in Podgorica.

On the other side, despite losing Game 1, SC Derby can be fully proud on everything they showed against Crvena zvezda Meridianbet a week ago. The Students were not afraid of the 1^st placed team in the regular season and they once again proved that can be a worthy opponent to anyone in the league. The Podgorica side will now try to use home-court advantage to beat another regional giant in their 2023/24 campaign and therefore take this series back to Belgrade.

Match-up in focus: Mateo Drežnjak (SC Derby) vs. Nemanja Nedović (Crvena zvezda Meridianbet).

Mateo Drežnjak was SC Derby’s best player over the past couple of months, yet he was a bit silent in Game 1 when he scored just 3 points. Therefore, now everyone expects from Drežnjak to show his true face an make a lot of problems to Crvena zvezda Meridianbet defense.

Meanwhile, we’ve been writing about Nemanja Nedović for some time as he’s been playing exceptionally good recently. After all, Nedović was the Game Hero a week ago as he scored 9 points in key moments of the 4^th quarter to lead Crvena zvezda Meridianbet’s comeback.

Head-to-head score in the regional league: In total 0:7; In Podgorica 0:3.