Robinson's game-winner gave Igokea the win after -17 in Stožice

Monday, 02. January 2017 at 20:58

In the clash of two teams, battling for sixth place in the standings, Igokea prevailed over Olimpija Ljubljana on the road in Stožice Arena. This is the ninth win for Dragan Bajić's squad this season.

Igokea team (Photo: Olimpija Ljubljana/Ales Fevzer)

In the clash of two teams, battling for sixth place in the standings, Igokea prevailed over Olimpija Ljubljana on the road in Stožice Arena. This is the ninth win for Dragan Bajić's squad this season.

ABA League Regular Season, Round 16, Monday, 2.1.2017:

Olimpija Ljubljana - IGOKEA 80:81 (33:16, 15:27, 16:20, 16:18)

MATCH STATISTICS

PHOTO GALLERY

POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: In the battle of two teams, fighting for the sixth place in the standings in the ABA League at the moment, Igokea were more successful than Olimpija Ljubljana in Stožice Arena and have therefore protected their position in the standings. The visitors made a major comeback after being behind by 17 points and celebrated after a game-winning shot by James Robinson. For Igokea this is the ninth win of the season, second in a row. On the other side, Olimpija lost after four games long winnin streak and maintain their record of seven triumphs achieved this season. This keeps them at the seventh place in the standings after 16 rounds.

Key moments: There have been two crucial periods, that brought the visiting side to the win. They quickly fell behind by 17 points (21:4 in 7th) mintue, and margin was the same at the end of the first quarter. However, they fought back in the second quarter and cut the gap to only 5 points by half time. This gave them hope of a major comeback. In the second half they have turned the game around and the winner was decided with 6 seconds left, when James Arthur Robinson scored from mid-range to give Igokea a 1-point advantage.

This is how Robinson did it:

Man of the match: This time around Đorđe Milošević is the one to be labelled as the man of the match. Not for his role in decisive moments, not for his (not that) impressive stats – 3 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and valuation of 9 – but due to the fact that during the 20 minutes, that he spent on court, he led his team towards 17 points of advantage – he was the crucial man of the visiting team in terms of their major comeback!

Can't trick the stats: Better shooting percentages were the ones that steered Igokea towards the win this time. They had 49% from the field and the home side had only 41%. This is what affected the outcome of the game in a decisive manner.

 

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