Mega outrebounded Cibona and won in Zagreb

Saturday, 04. March 2017 at 20:58

Mega Leks have grabbed another pair of points this season and they have done it on the road in Zagreb, thanks to their dominance in the paint. Cibona's crisis goes on.

Scottie Reynolds (Photo: Cibona/Zeljko Baksaj & Gordan Lausic)

ABA League Regular Season, Round 25, Saturday, 4.3.2017:

Cibona – MEGA LEKS 87:100 (31:28, 19:25, 14:22, 24:25)

MATCH STATISTICS

PHOTO GALLERY

POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: Mega Leks are continuing to march towards the middle of the standings in the ABA League, as they have grabbed another valuable pair of points, this time in Zagreb against Cibona. The squad led by Dejan Milojević have turned the game around in their favour in the second and third quarters and they now have an equal number of wins as FMP and Union Olimpija have. On the other side, the crisis of Cibona deepens, as they have lost their 8th game in a row and their chances of taking the final fifth place in the standings are now looking rather poor.

Key moments: Cibona did win the opening quarter by three points, but their game has completely collapsed between the 10th and 30th minute, when Mega have made a partial result of 47:33 and turned the game around in their favour. Before the last quarter, Mega have had 11 points of advantage and as it has turned out, this has been enough to bring the game calmly to an end.

Man of the match: With his brilliant performance and season-high valuation of 28, Nikola Rebić has led the way for his team towards a new victory this season. He collected 17 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and four steals. However, the most impressive is the fact that his team went up by 17 points during the 27 minutes that he spent on court. He is rightfully our man of the match.

Watch him shine:

Can't trick the stats: Mega Leks have simply dominated the glass and this is what turned the game in their favour. They ended the game with 37 rebounds, which is 13 more than Cibona and this is what made their way towards a win much, much easier than expected.

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