Sunday night spectacle in Laktaši – Igokea vs. Crvena zvezda mts

Saturday, 09. October 2021 at 13:40

All the basketball fans from Laktaši are eagerly awaiting Sunday evening as home side Igokea are about to host the reigning AdmiralBet ABA League champions Crvena zvezda mts.

Dragan Bajic (Photo: ABA League/Dragana Stjepanovic)

AdmiralBet ABA League Round 3, Sunday, 10 October 2021:

IGOKEA - CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS

Where? Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši

When? 19:00

Story of the game: All the basketball fans from Laktaši are eagerly awaiting Sunday evening as home side Igokea are about to host the reigning AdmiralBet ABA League champions Crvena zvezda mts.

Recall that these two teams faced each other in the last-season semifinals when Crvena zvezda mts eventually prevailed by winning the series 2-1. Back then, all 3 games were very exciting to watch and we all hope that Igokea and Crvena zvezda mts will once again present us a true basketball spectacle.

Igokea have started the new season with 1 win and 1 defeat. Meanwhile, they also started their European journey during the last week and they defeated Greek team PAOK in the opening round of the 2021/22 FIBA Champions League season. Therefore, the boys from Laktaši are approaching the following game in high spirits with a clear goal to extend their home-court winning streak against Crvena zvezda mts.

It should be mentioned that Igokea have won the previous two games in Laktaši against Crvena zvezda mts.

On the other side, the Belgrade troops are looking super powerful at the start of the new season. They have a perfect score in AdmiralBet ABA League as they have won both of their previous two games, while on top of that they scored a huge road win against Maccabi Tel Aviv last week in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Zvezda’s strongest weapon is once again their defense as they are conceding just a bit over 60 points per game. And, when they are playing that good in defense, it is very, very hard to beat them.

Match-up in focus: Igokea’s top scorer so far in this season is their sharp shooter Antabia Waller who can score plenty of points if you leave him enough space. On the other side, Zvezda’s new defensive power is Stefan Lazarević who has fully used his minutes in the new season to become one of the key players in this new red-and-white team.

Can Lazarević stop Waller? We are about to find out on Sunday evening.

Head-to-head score in the regional league: In total 7:16; In Laktaši 4:7.

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