MATCH OF THE ROUND: Big game in Ljubljana – Cedevita Olimpija vs. Budućnost VOLI

AdmiralBet ABA League Round 5, Sunday, 24 October 2021:

CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA - BUDUĆNOST VOLI

Where? Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

When? 19:00

Story of the game: These two teams have been one of the leading forces of the regional basketball in the past few years and this Sunday evening they will face each other in Ljubljana in Round 5 of the 2021/22 AdmiralBet ABA League regular season.

Cedevita Olimpija opened the new season with two wins in a row, however then they suffered two consecutive defeats which shaken the team a bit. Still, the Dragons bounced back on their feet over the last week as they scored a big win at the start of the new EuroCup season, so they managed to regain confidence ahead of this really big game in AdmiralBet ABA League.

On the other side, Budućnost VOLI currently have the score of 3-1 and they can be satisfied with the way they started the new season. The Podgorica team have also grabbed a valuable win in EuroCup last week, which means that they are also approaching the Sunday’s match in high spirits. On top of that, the blue-and-whites have big motivation to finally score their first away win vs. Cedevita Olimpija as they have lost all of their previous road games in Ljubljana.

Match-up in focus: Jacob Pullen is the 3^rd best scorer of Cedevita Olimpija, while he is someone who made a lot of damage to Budućnost VOLI in the previous season as he scored 50 points combined in the two games he played against the blue-and-whites in the regular season. Pullen will now have a worthy rival, as Budućnost VOLI top scorer in this season Dennis Jerome Seeley is averaging 14.5 points per game. Last week, Seeley scored 21 points to lead Budućnost VOLI toward the win vs. Split.

Head-to-head score in the regional league: In total 2:2; In Ljubljana 2:0.