Mornar stay fourth placed after triumphing in Zadar
Mornar have beaten Zadar on the road in Višnjik in the last game of the 17th round, which keeps them in the Playoffs zone with five rounds remaining in the regular season.
Boris Bakic (Photo: Zadar/Zvonko Kucelin)
ABA League Round 17, Monday, 22.1.2018:
Zadar - MORNAR 77:93 (19:24, 16:30, 24:19, 18:20)
Game recap: Mornar are in the best position of all of the teams that are currently chasing the fourth place in the standings, as five rounds remain to be played this regular season, now that they have beaten Zadar on the road in Višnjik. They now stand alone at the fourth place with 10 wins grabbed so far, one more than Partizan NIS, two more than Zadar and FMP. The guests have grabbed the victory fully deservedly, after they have gone on to a furious start and have controlled the flow of the game until its ending.
Key moments: It looked like the game still could have gone either way in the 12th minute, when the guests led by 7 points (30:23). However, that’s when Mornar went on a 12:0 run over the next 3 minutes, which put them up by 19 points (42:23). The battle for a pair of points was over.
Man of the match: Uroš Luković is the true hero of Mornar’s triumph. He denied every access to the rim of his team with no less than 5 blocks, while adding 21 points, 14 rebounds and a steal, which was enough for the game-high valuation of 34.
Can’t trick the stats: Mornar were way too dominant in the paint for the game to be exciting. They have outrebounded Zadar 42:28.
