Zvezda made a powerful start in the new season
Crvena zvezda mts scored a convincing win over Mornar in the opening round of the 2017/18 ABA League season.
Taylor Rochestie (Photo: Crvena zvezda mts)
2017/18 ABA League Regular Season, Round 1, Sunday, 1.10.2017:
CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS - Mornar 88:77 (19:12, 28:18, 23:20, 18:27)
Game recap: The reigning ABA League champions made a powerful presentation at the start of the new season. Crvena zvezda mts scored a convincing win against Mornar in a game in which they had 20+ points lead for most of the time. This new roster of the red & white squad was playing some pretty good basketball this Sunday evening and for that they got a lot of applause from the Belgrade crowd.
Key moments: The winner was decided in the second quarter. Crvena zvezda mts won that period by 28:18 and escaped to a 17-point lead - 47:30. This team was way too good this evening to drop that lead in the rest of the match.
Man of the match: Mathias Lessort had a wonderful debut in ABA League. The Frenchman scored 22 points, while he was perfect in 2pts shot attempts - 8/8! His overall index rating was 30!
Can't trick the stats: Zvezda had 8 steals Mornar only 2, but maybe the more important thing was that Zvezda had just 5 turnovers, while Mornar had 13 of them...
