AT THURSDAY BEGINS BATTLE FOR ABA RING

Players of Mega Leks on Thursday at 19 hours in the Hall “Aleksandar Nikolic” in Belgrade starts the final play-off series  ofABA league against Crvena zvezda Telekom. The final series is played on three wins in the following schedule:

Match 1 – Hall “Aleksandar Nikolic”, Belgrade, 28th of April at 19:00
Match 2 – Hall “Aleksandar Nikolic”, Belgrade, 30th April at 20:00
Match 3 – Hall PSC Pinki, Sremska Mitrovica, 2nd of May at 20:30
Match 4 (if needed) – Hall PSC Pinki, Sremska Mitrovica, 3th of May at 20:00
Match 5 (if needed) – Hall “Aleksandar Nikolic”, Belgrade, 5th of May at 19:00

In the past six duels in the ABA league, Crvena zvezda has won in all matches. Matches between Mega and Crvena zvezda were mostly very exciting, which is especially true for this season’s matches. In the first round of the ABA league, Crvena zvezda in the finish managed to triumph 76-70. In Sremska Mitrovica within the 14th round of ABA league, it was played a great and exciting game, where after overtime Zvezda won with 78:79.

Mega in league part of the season finished in 4th place with a record of 17 wins and 9 losses while in the semifinals defeated the leader in the standings, Buducnost with 2:0 in the series. Crvena zvezda Telekom ended in second place with 20 wins and 6 losses while in the semifinals was better than Cedevita with 2:0 in the series.

Power forward of Mega Danilo Nikolic, who is in both meetings this season with Crvena zvezda was the top scorer of team (17:19 points), believes that Mega despite injury problems, can win in Belgrade:

“In front of us is a struggle for a new trophy and we will do our best to win it. We already have a historic season for the club behind but we are not satisfied with just qualifying for the finals of the ABA league. We know Crvena zvezda well, they are extremely tough opponent as shown with their results in the region and Europe. With them we have this season played two egal matches of which the second was on one shot. It is necessary to enter concentrated in the match, to impose our distinctive aggressive defensive play and with smart solutions in the attack, I believe we can get win in Belgrade. Although we have a lot of problems with injuries, in whatever roster we play, I believe we have a chance to win”

Nikolic said.

Press conference for final series will be held on Wednesday 27th of April from 14:00 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Belgrade and in front of Mega Leks will talk coach Dejan Milojevic and captain Rade Zagorac.

The final series against Crvena zvezda will because of injuries miss three players, Ognjen Jaramaz, Alpha Kaba and Aleksandar Aranitovic while Timothe Luwawu is still questionable for the first match because of an ankle injury. Last reinforcements of Mega, Ivica Zubac and Petar Popovic will be eligible to play for the club in Superleague.

Ticket sales for the third match of the finals which will be played on 2nd of May in Sremska Mitrovica, will begin on Wednesday. Tickets for the stands will be sold at a price of 500 dinars, while VIP seats costs 1.500 dinars.

Photo: Ivica Veselinov/Mega Leks