Croatian A1:Cedevita vs Zadar -by jadran

It is truth that Zadar has destroyed Cedevita in their last two encounters.It is truth that Cedevita commited a suicide when they released coach Subotic and hired Petrovic that is all but a decent coach.And it is truth that this Cedevita is 30% weaker team without their injured center Zizic.And this is a bunch of reasons why not to go with them in this match.But I have enough reasons to back them up here and here they are.With Petrovic as a coach this team dropped significally in defensive part which was something to expect knowing his methods,but they are still a team to respect when at home.They have won Partizan and Cibona in this gym in last couple of months,during the season they have beat Hemofarm and Zvezda in their gym and these are all results to have respect for.This is experienced team that knows how to play and I do not believe they have enjoyed that trashing in Zadar in wednesday.I am of impression that they do realize that this will be completely different story with Zizic and Subotic but that they know they can match Zadar even in this edition.And that they will try their best to go to Zadar once again.

Zadar s coach Jusup can be satisfied with the looks of his team at wednesday and especially with Peric who put up monster performance with 32 points and 11/11 for 2 for index rating of 42.And with that extra time of rest that he s been able to share for his starters(it was up to 28 pts advantage so the youngsters got the opportunity in the last QT).His team is defending well against Cedevita,their ball movement is too quick for Cedevita and they are the perfect match because they cannot punish their lack of athleticism like some others can.Despite that,Jusup knows very well how bad his team was last week in that two games in Zagreb(Zagreb and Cibona).Together,it was -49 points balance from which -26 against Zagreb.That is still a worse team than Cedevita.It those two it was obvious that 6 men rotation that Jusup is using exhausted some players and that problem may occur sooner or later.So,a team that can only play better,against poor traveler is an interesting matchup,and I will go with the hosts this time,mid stakes,GL!

 Pick : Cedevita win