First win for FMP, first defeat for Mega
In FMP Sports Hall, the ABA League newcomers FMP have taken the first pair of points this season, improving their impression from the first game against Zadar. On the other hand, Mega Leks suffered first defeat after previously beating Union Olimpija in round one.
Filip Covic (Photo: FMP)
In FMP Sports Hall, the ABA League newcomers FMP have taken the first pair of points this season, improving their impression from the first game against Zadar. On the other hand, Mega Leks suffered first defeat after previously beating Union Olimpija in round one.
ABA League, Round 2, Tuesday, 4.10.2016:
FMP – Mega Leks 98:84 (24:19, 24:24, 27:20, 23:21)
Story of the game: FMP have beaten Mega Leks in the second round of the season and have tied themselves with Sremska Mitrovica side in the standings – both teams have 3 points after two games played. The home side got away early in the game and managed to control the flow of the contest until the very end when the score was
Key moments: Mega Leks took a 1-point lead in the second minute and later it turned out that this was their only advantage throughout the game. In the following three minutes, FMP turned the score around in their favour with a 6:0 run and led 6:1. They managed to maintain the advantage until the end, but the decisive moments came between 26th and 30th minute, when the home side made a 13:4 run and pulled away to 75:60. The guests never recovered from that blow.
Man of the match: Nikola Žižić was the x-factor this time for the home side, as he led his team in scoring with 24 points, while adding 5 rebounds, 2 assists and steals each and one block. He finished the game with the valuation of 25 in 24 minutes of the game.
Can't trick the stats: FMP have just outrebounded Mega Leks and this was the major difference between the two teams. FMP collected 40 rebounds, while Mega managed to grabb only 18.
