Cedevita flirting with second place after a win in Bar
Cedevita have demonstrated their strength in Bar, where they needed only 13 minutes to decide the winner. They are now sharing the second place in the standings with Partizan NIS, which also have 15 wins so far, but also a game left tomorrow.
Ryan Boatright (Photo: Mornar/Media Pro)
ABA League Regular Season, Round 21, Saturday, 4.2.2017:
Mornar – CEDEVITA 74:79 (15:22, 18:23, 19:17, 22:17)
Game recap: Cedevita are confidently flirting with the second place after they have achieved their fifteenth triumph of the season in Topolica, Bar, where they have shown the home side which is the team that was in charge of the court in just 13 minutes of the game, when they have pulled away to no less than 16 points of margin. This puts Veljko Mršić’s squad in the same position in the standings as second placed Partizan NIS, which still has one game more to be played this round. On the other side, Mornar keep struggling near the bottom of the standings with 7 wins on their record – one game more than the last placed MZT Skopje Aerodrom and Zadar, but also one game more behind them.
Key moments: Cedevita opened the game determinedly with the only goal of grabbing a new pair of points. And they have accomplished their goal of pulling away on a safe margin. With 13 minutes played, Cedevita were already up 31:15 and it was pretty much clear that Mornar will not be able to turn the game around. They managed to cut the deficit to four points in the fourth quarter, but the guests were simply too far away to reach…
Man of the match: Ryan Boatright had a fantastic scoring night. He ended the game with 19 points (3/4 from the three-point line), 4 assists, 2 rebounds and just as many steals and the game-high valuation of 27. He is our man of the match.
The Ryan Boatright show in Bar:
Can't trick the stats: Three-point shooting percentages were the ones that made the difference. Cedevita had 53% (8/15) from beyond the arc and Mornar had only 18 (5/28).
