Cluj-Napoca – Prometheus. Prediction and announcement for the European Cup match

The meeting between Cluj-Napoca and Prometheus will take place on Wednesday (March 22nd) in Romania. The fight begins at 19:30 Kiev time. The match will be broadcast live on Xsport and Setanta Sports Ukraine+ TV channels.

The very long group stage of the European Cup is coming to an end. Sixteen of the eighteen rounds have already been played and the seventeenth started yesterday. In the penultimate game segment, the Titans will play against Romanian club Cluj-Napoca. And this will be the last away game in Group A for the current champion of Ukraine.

For the hosts, the upcoming meeting will not be of significant tournament value. The Romanian champion has already lost all chances for the playoffs and will fight only for his prestige. In sixteen games, Cluj has won just five and will not be able to beat the ninth place.

The full list of Cluj results in the European Cup is as follows:

• October 12. Burg (France) – Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – 88:85
• October 19th. Cologne (Romania) – Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – 94:76
• October 25. Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – Venice (Italy) – 80:85
• November 2nd. Litkabelis (Lithuania) – Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – 89:84
• 23 November. Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – Brescia (Italy) – 91:86
• 30 November. Bursaspor (Turkey) – Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – 95:80
• December 7th. Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – Joventut (Spain) – 98:82
• 14 December. “Prometheus” (Ukraine) – “Cluj-Napoca” (Romania) – 105:82
• December 21. Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – Ratiopharm (Germany) – 81:84
• January 11th. Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – Burg (France) – 79:88
• January 18. Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – Cologne (Romania) – 80:88
• January 24. “Venice” (Italy) – “Cluj-Napoca” (Romania) – 95:90
• January 31st. Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – Litkabelis (Lithuania) – 75:77
• February 8th. Brescia (Italy) – Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – 103:84
• March 8th. Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – Bursaspor (Turkey) – 87:83
• March 14. Joventut (Spain) – Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – 104:81

The match of the first round between “Prometheus” and “Cluj” was played in Riga in mid-December and ended with the victory of the Ukrainian club 105:82. However, despite the final +23, the fight was quite tough for Ronen Ginzburg’s tutelage. The Romanian team played very productively and took a long break – 51:57. And only in the second half of the meeting, the Slobozhans managed to improve their defense, and the percentage of Romanian shots began to fall. After the end of the third ten-minute period, “Prometheus”, who was leading +7, left his opponent behind in the final part.

Ondzhey Balvin (23 points + 6 rebounds + 3 assists) and DJ Kennedy (23 points + 5 rebounds + 7 assists) were the most productive names of that match among Ronen Ginzburg’s wards. It is worth noting that after the results of the fight, the Czech center scored 32 points in the efficiency rating. This figure was enough for Ondzhey Balvin to receive the MVP of the tour. Currently, this is the only success of Prometheus players in the 2022/2023 European Cup.

Compared to the first round match against the Titans, the Romanian club received a staff boost. Cluj’s roster was filled by defender Casey Shepard, who is well known to Ukrainian basketball fans. The American player spent the 2019/2020 season with Kiev-Basket halfway due to the coronavirus.

The upcoming meeting for “Prometheus” will be important in the context of the fight for first place in the group. The Slobozhansky team has already achieved at least the second final position and is currently in a correspondence dispute with the Spanish “Joventut” for the leadership position. Theoretically, if the “titans” win against “Cluj” today and the Pyrenees lose away to “Venice”, they can broadcast it.

Given the way Ronen Ginzburg’s wards play, the current champion of Ukraine is more than capable of doing his part. They are the favorites of the duel with Cluj, which is also confirmed by the quotes of the bookies. Let’s treat our opponent with respect, but trust the success of the Slobozhans in Romania.

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