Sweet revenge for Mega Bemax in Ljubljana

Friday, 05. January 2018 at 19:00

Mega Bemax have beaten Petrol Olimpija on the road in Stožice Arena, Ljubljana and have got their sweet revenge for the defeat by Ljubljana side at home in Sremska Mitrovica.

Mega Bemax team (Photo: Petrol Olimpija/Ales Fevzer)

ABA League Round 14, Friday, 5.1.2018:

Petrol Olimpija – MEGA BEMAX 69:76 (18:15, 18:15, 18:19, 15:27)

MATCH STATISTICS

PHOTO GALLERY

POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: Mega Bemax have got their revenge over Petrol Olimpija for the defeat in Sremska Mitrovica in the first part of the season and they did it in style. They have made a major comeback in Stožice Arena to celebrate a final 76:69 win over the Dragons of Ljubljana. After this game both Mega Bemax and Petrol Olimpija are tied with 5 victories at 10th place in the standings.

Key moments: In 13th minute of the game, Petrol Olimpija have already been up by 13 points (44:31), but Mega Bemax did not give up. They fought back and took their first lead with 2 and a half mintues left (65:64). It has remained anybody's game, though, until 1:10 left on the game clock, when Kostja Mushidi scored a 3+1 play to put his team ahead by 5 points (72:65).

Man of the match: Nikola Rebić was simply exceptional against Petrol Olimpija. He had 19 points, 7 assists, 5 steasl, 2 rebounds and a valuation of 25. He is our man of the match.

Can’t trick the stats: Mega Bemax were better in rebounding. They collected 45 rebounds, in comparison with 38 of Petrol Olimpija. This is what has decided the outcome of the game.


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