The dragons are returning to Stožice, Borac is coming

After a four-day Turkish adventure, during which they recorded two victories against the Frutti Extra Bursaspor team, the Cedevita Olimpija will return to the home stage on Sunday. In the seventh round of the ABA League, Borac from Čačak is coming to Ljubljana at 17.00.

Cedevita Olimpija will return to the home floor of Arena Stožice on Sunday at 17.00. The basketball players of Borac from Čačak are coming to Zmaji, and the players of Ljubljana are facing the seventh round of the ABA League. If there are no complications with COVID-19 infections in both teams, Sunday’s match will be the first in the regional league for Ljubljana after October 24, when they played in Belgrade against Partizan NIS.

Due to the poor epidemiological picture in Slovenia, the match will take place behind closed doors of the Cone Hall, and the match can be watched live on Arena Sport 1.

The team of head coach Jurica Golemec enters the clash with the Serbian team on the wings of three consecutive victories in the 7DAYS EuroCup. The Green-Oranges first reliably defeated French Nanterre 92 at home last Wednesday, and then beat Bursaspor twice in a row in Turkey. With a series of consecutive successes, they won second place in the Group D rankings, but they are only behind Trent, which is still undefeated after six group matches.

Even though Borac is not at the top of the ABA League standings this season, it is an extremely unfavorable team that beat Partizan NIS 87:78 at the very beginning of this ABA League season. After that, the team from Čačak suffered five consecutive defeats, the last against Mega Soccerbet (83:97). The team from the bench is led by the former basketball player of the Ljubljana club Marko Marinović, and the most efficient basketball player of the team in the regional league is the American Bryce Jones, who averages 14.2 points, 4.0 assists and 1.4 rebounds per game.

STATEMENTS BEFORE THE GAME:

Jurica Golemac, head coach of BC Cedevita Olimpija:
“After a long time, we have a home game in the ABA League ahead of us. Borac is a well-managed team that has already beaten Partizan NIS this season, and against Buducnost VOLI it was in the game to win until the end of the match. It’s definitely a respectable team with players playing physical basketball. If we want to win, we will have to play with the right intensity. “

Alen Hodžić, player of BC Cedevita Olimpija:
“Borac is playing in the ABA League this season, where he broke through with good games in the ABA League 2. It is a young team that has a coach with experience from playing days, and he has already proved himself this season. We are going for a new victory, and we will do everything to keep the two points in Stožice. “

ABA LEAGUE, ROUND 7

Arena Stožice (Ljubljana), Sunday, November 15, at 17.00:
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA – BORAC (TV broadcast on Arena Sport 1)

STANDINGS: