Igokea beat Budućnost VOLI in another ABA League thriller
Igokea scored their 1st win in the 2017/18 ABA League season after beating Budućnost VOLI at home court in Laktaši.
Djordje Milosevic (Photo: Igokea/Nenad Vuruna)
2017/18 ABA League Regular Season, Round 2, Thursday, 5.10.2017:
IGOKEA - Budućnost VOLI 98:94 (28:27, 14:20, 31:29, 25:18)
Game recap: Huge, huge win for Igokea! The boys from Aleksandrovac managed to defeat Budućnost VOLI at home court after a true basketball thriller! Budućnost VOLI have been in front for most of the match, but Igokea crew simply refused to surrender. At the end, the home side made some very important shots in the last quarter and scored their 1st win in the 2017/18 ABA League season.
Key moments: Igokea were up by 97:94, with 10 seconds remaining on the clock, while Budućnost VOLI had the ball possesion. Nikola Ivanović stormed inside the paint, he got fouled and had a chance to make a 2+1 play, but he missed the lay-up... Eventually, he missed both free-throws, while on the other end Igokea forward Đorđe Milošević made the final score by dropping 1 free-throw - 98:84.
Man of the match: This was the very first game for Dorell Wright in ABA League. And the former NBA champion was a true leader of Igokea! He scored 22 points and had 6 rebounds.
Can't trick the stats: If you look at the game stats you will see that the two sides were very close in all columns. It was the game in which one shot made difference, and this time Igokea had more luck.
