Third quarter Tornado gave Zadar their 7th win
Zadar have scored a priceless home-court win over Mornar in the 22nd round of the season and have reached their seventh triumph of the season, which means that they are keeping fair chances of avoiding relegation from the regional competition.
Lovre Basic (Photo: Zadar/Zvonko Kucelin)
ABA League Regular Season, Round 22, Friday, 10.2.2017:
ZADAR – Mornar 80:62 (24:16, 10:19, 23:16, 23:11)
Game recap: Zadar have beaten Mornar for the second time this season and won their seventh win in the ABA League. This keeps them in the race with several more teams to avoid relegation and puts them perhaps in even more favourable position than Mornar in the moment, since they have beaten the Bar side for the second time in two games. The decisive one was the third quarter, when Aramis Naglić’s squad have turned the game around in their favour by increasing the pace of their game.
Key moments: The decisive one was the 16:5 run by the home side in the opening six minutes of the third quarter. This turned the game around in their favour from the one-point deficit from half time (35:34) to a double-digit lead in 26th minute (50:40). Mornar never ever managed to threaten their lead until the end.
Man of the match: Ivan Marinković was once more the player of the game for Zadar. He ended the clash with a game high of 17 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal and a valuation of 14.
Can't trick the stats: You simply can’t lose a game when you outrebound the opponent like Zadar did with Mornar this time. Zadar had 39 rebounds and Mornar only 26. This is what directly decided the outcome of the game.
