Can the Wolves stop the fire-breathing Dragons?

2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 12, Saturday, 14 December 2024:

CIBONA - CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA

Where? Dražen Petrović Sports Hall, Zagreb

When? 19:00

Story of the game: Cibona will host red-hot Cedevita Olimpija this Saturday evening in Round 12 of the 2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League regular season.

Cibona are on a 3-game losing streak in the regional competition, but the Wolves have recently strengthened the team roster quite a bit by adding two big guys Luka Šamanić and Markus Lončar to their frontcourt. Šamanić has already made a debut and he scored 20 points last weekend in the match against Crvena zvezda Meridianbet, while Lončar might make his debut this Saturday evening. There is no doubt that Cibona will be much stronger with these two players together on court.

Meanwhile, Cedevita Olimpija are coming to Zagreb in high spirits as the Dragons have won the previous 3 games in the AdmiralBet ABA League. On top of that, the Dragons have triumphed over the week in their EuroCup game, which clearly shows that their current form simply could not be better. The Ljubljana troops now aim to extend their winning streak and finally reach the Top 8 zone on the 2024/25 standings.

Match-up in focus: Luka Šamanić (Cibona) vs. Devin Robinson (Cedevita Olimpija).

We have already said how good Šamanić was on his Cibona debut last weekend, while this Saturday evening he will have a task to outplay one of the league’s best players Devin Robinson.

Robinson is averaging 18.7 index points per game (5^th best in the league) and 16.8 points per game (5^th best in the league).

Head-to-head score in the regional league: In total 2:8; In Zagreb 1:4.