Cedevita celebrate first win

Thursday, 06. October 2016 at 18:46

In the battle of two winless teams, Cedevita were the ones to come out on top against MZT Skopje Aerodrom and they have scored their first triumph of the season. MZT still have to battle their way out of the crisis of results.  

Jeremiah Massey (Photo: Cedevita/Marin Susic)

In the battle of two winless teams, Cedevita were the ones to come out on top against MZT Skopje Aerodrom and they have scored their first triumph of the season. MZT still have to battle their way out of the crisis of results.

ABA League, Round 3, Thursday, 6.10.2016:

CEDEVITA – MZT Skopje Aerodrom 82:61 (25:18, 13:14, 18:16, 26:13)

MATCH STATISTICS

PHOTO GALLERY

POST-GAME COMMENTS

Story of the game: Cedevita is the team that have won their first win of the season in the clash of two teams that have been defeated each time in the opening two rounds of the ABA League. The home side opened the game strongly in Dom sportova, led by 7 points as the first quarter ended and then controlled the flow of the game until the end, when the score of  was seen on the scoreboard.

Key moments: In 8th minute of the game the score was still tied at 15:15, but then Cedevita stepped up on the gas and created the 10:3 run in the final two minutes of the first quarter. That’s how they pulled away to a 7-point lead which they did not let go of until the end of the game. Midway through the third quarter Cedevita even increased their lead to 16 points (50:34) and that’s when even the players on the court must have realized that the battle for two points was over.

Man of the match: For some it was surprising that Karlo Žganec found himself a place in Cedevita’s starting line-up, but head coach Veljko Mršić for sure knew why he put him there – the player returned him the favour with 12 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals for the valuation of 28, the most in the game amongst all players. And the most important fact – during the 30 minutes that he spent on court, Cedevita went up by 20 points! He is selected to be our man of the match.

Can't trick the stats: Cedevita dominated the paint in every aspect at this game and it is most evident from the score in rebounding. They outrebounded the guests by 38:25 and this directly affected the final outcome of the game.

 

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