MATCH OF THE ROUND: Saturday Night Spectacle in Belgrade – Partizan Mozzart Bet host U-BT Cluj-Napoca

2025/26 AdmiralBet ABA League Group A Round 17, Saturday, 31 January 2026:

PARTIZAN MOZZART BET – U-BT CLUJ-NAPOCA

Where? Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

When? 19:00

Story of the game: On Saturday night, Partizan Mozzart Bet will be hosting U-BT Cluj-Napoca at home in their Belgrade Arena.

A game of two Top8 bound teams is coming up in Belgrade and just like the first game between the two sides, this one is expected to be a true spectacle given that the Playoffs race has already begun.

Partizan Mozzart Bet are heading into the game confidently, after a streak of 9 straight wins and wish to make it 10. On the other side, U-BT Cluj-Napoca have lost two games in a row lately, against Igokea m:tel and Dubai Basketball and will try their best to get back on the winning track to improve their starting position ahead of the Top 8 battles. They are currently on a 9:5 record, while on the other side, Partizan Mozzart Bet are on a 13:1 record after 14 games played.

The first time the two squads met this season, the reigning AdmiralBet ABA League champions have celebrated a win in packed BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca with the score of 85:92. Can the Romanian side strike back?

Match-up in focus: Duane Washington vs. Daron Russell! Daron Russell used to be the record-holder for the most points scored in a single game in the AdmiralBet ABA League (47), until Duane Washington set an ever better score (48) this season, so this will be a true showdown between the two prolific scorers that have written their names with golden letters into AdmiralBet ABA League history books. This season, however, Washington has been the top scorer of Partizan Mozzart Bet, averaging 22.6 points per game, while Russell has been the second-leading scorer of U-BT Cluj-Napoca with an average of 14.9 points, while also leading the team in passing with 5.9 assists dished out per game. Who will lead his team to the win this time?

Head-to-head score in ABA: In total 1:0, In Belgrade 0:0.