Starting the semifinals in Belgrade on Thursday

Cedevita Olimpija will face the current champions, the Crvena zvezda mts players, in the first match of the semi-final series of the regional league on Thursday at 19.00 in the Aleksandar Nikolić Hall in Belgrade.

The Cedevita Olimpija basketball players will start fighting for places in the finals of the regional league on Thursday. The selected players of head coach Jurica Golemac will face the current champion of the competition, Crvena zvezda mts, in the first match of the semi-finals at 19.00 in the Aleksandar Nikolić Hall in Belgrade, and try to take the first step towards qualifying for the finals.

Cedevita Olimpija will face Crvena Zvezda in the semifinals, which finished the regular part of the season at the top of the competition. The Belgrade team suffered only two defeats in 26 matches, one against Igokea m:tel and the other against Partizan NIS. The red and whites finished the regular part of the season with five consecutive victories, and we last saw them on the floor in the regional competition on April 23, when they hosted Igokea m: tel and defeated it with the remaining 16 matches in the legendary ‘Pionir’. 85:66. The Red Star has not stepped on the floor after that, and the competition break will last exactly 19 days until Wednesday.

In the elite Euroleague, the Crvena zvezda recorded 12 victories this season, suffered 16 defeats and lost its place in the playoffs.

The most efficient Crvena zvezda player in the regular season of the regional league was Nikola Ivanović, who averaged 8.8 points, 4.0 assists and 2.1 rebounds. The best scorer of the regular season in the jersey of the current champions was Nikola Kalinić with an average of 11.3 points, he also contributed 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists, and at the end of the regular season Kalinić was chosen as the most useful player of the regular season .

Cedevita Olimpija advanced to the semifinals after beating Igokea m:tel in the extra round of the playoffs to break through the fights between the best four teams of the season after two matches. The Dragons last stepped on the floor on Monday, when they defeated Krka from Novo mesto 102: 80 in the second match of the quarterfinals of the national championship in the Tivoli Hall and advanced to the semifinals.

In the regular season, Cedevita Olimpija and Crvena zvezda competed twice, and both victories went to the Belgrade team.

ABA LEAGUE, PLAYOFFS

SEMIFINALS

GAME 1

Aleksandar Nikolić Hall (Belgrade, Serbia), Thursday, May 12, at 19.00:
CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS – CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA

GAME 2

Stožice Arena (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Monday, May 16, at 18.30:
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA – CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS

*Game 3 will be in Belgrade.