Cibona and Borac Mozzart open Round 14 on Thursday night in Zagreb
In the opening game of the AdmiralBet ABA League Round 14, Cibona will be hosting Borac Mozzart at home in their Dražen Petrović Arena in Zagreb.
Dino Repesa (Photo: Cedevita Olimpija/Filip Barbalic)
2023/24 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 14, Thursday, 28 December 2023:
CIBONA – BORAC MOZZART
Where? Dražen Petrović Arena, Zagreb
When? 19:00
Story of the game: In the opening game of the AdmiralBet ABA League Round 14, Cibona will be hosting Borac Mozzart at home in their Dražen Petrović Arena in Zagreb.
It is a game of two opponents that might have not been aiming too high as they entered the 2023/24 season, but as season goes by, they continue to impress everyone and have found themselves at the edge of the Playoffs Zone, Borac Mozzart on a 6:7 record and Cibona 5:8, which of course dictates ambitions for the second half of the Regular Season.
Recently, both squads have been in a similar shape, having won 2 of their last 5 games each and losing in the previous round, both of them in Slovenia.
History reveals that playing in Zagreb has been extremely difficult for Borac Mozzart in the past, as they still haven’t beaten Cibona on the road, in three games played so far. In total, Cibona have won 6 out of their 7 mutual encounters.
Will tradition continue or end in Zagreb?
Match-up in focus: Perhaps the match-up that can be the most interesting in this game, can be the one between Big men Tomislav Buljan and Danilo Tasić. While Buljan is currently the third-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder of Cibona, with an average of 10.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, Tasić has been averaging 11.8 points and 5.1 rebounds per game as Borac Mozzart’s third-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder. Who will take his team to the win this time?
Head-to-head score in the regional league: In total 6:1, In Zagreb 3:0.
