Budućnost VOLI remain in the race for the 2nd spot

Saturday, 25. February 2017 at 20:58

Budućnost VOLI are back at the winning track as they defeated FMP in the 24th round of ABA League. 

Marko Ljubicic (Photo: Buducnost VOLI)

ABA League Regular Season, Round 24, Saturday, 25.2.2017:

BUDUĆNOST VOLI - FMP 93:84 (28:21, 21:19, 19:30, 25:14)

MATCH STATISTICS

PHOTO GALLERY

POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: A lot of points, plenty of fantastic plays and a thrilling ending. The match between Budućnost VOLI and FMP was simply amazing! At the end, Budućnost VOLI scored a valuable victory which will keep them in the race for the 2nd place on the standings. On the other side, despite ending up as the defeated side, FMP can be proud on their performance, especially after taking into concern that they played without their top scorer Filip Čović.

Key moments: Budućnost VOLI have had a pretty safe lead throughout the 3 quarters, but then FMP made a stunning 12:0 round in the final minutes of the 3rd quarter and the visitors suddenly got in front - 70:68. Two sides have remained close all the way all the way until the final 4 minutes of the game, while then the home side increased the pace. It was 80:78 for Budućnost VOLI when the Blue team made the key run of 9:0 and escaped to 89:78. There was simply not enough time for FMP to make another big comeback.

Man of the match: Marcus Williams failed to make a single 3-pointer this evening, but nevertheless he was the MVP of the match! The starting point guard of Budućnost VOLI had 13 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists! He was actually quite close to achieve a triple-double.

Can't trick the stats: The result of the final quarter is all the stats you need. Budućnost VOLI won that period by 25:14 and showed that they are simply better in under-pressure situations.

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