Cibona win the thriller against Igokea
The Wolves made a 7:0 run in the last 80 seconds and scored a valuable win.
Marin Rozic (Photo: Cibona/Zeljko Baksaj, Gordan Lausic & Domagoj Vranar)
ABA League Round 20, Sunday, 11.2.2018:
CIBONA - Igokea 87:86 (24:19, 20:20, 27:22, 16:25)
Game recap: And we had another super exciting game in the 2017/18 ABA League season! Cibona have defeated Igokea at home court by making the crucial 7-0 run in the last 80 seconds of the game! This means that the Wolves have finally got back on the winning track after losing the previous 6 games in the regular season.
Key moments: Cibona had +17 at the start of the 3rd quarter – 58:41, however then Igokea made a major comeback and went in front – 86:80. But, the visitors haven’t scored a single point in the remaining time! On the other side, Cibona scored 7 points in a row, went in front – 87:86, while in the last moments Marko Tomas played a stunning 1-on-1 defense against Katin Thomas Reinhardt and sealed the win for the hosts.
Man of the match: Branislav Ratkovica had the highest index rating in the winning side - 21. He scored 11 points, had 6 assists and 3 steals.
Can’t trick the stats: Cibona made 13 three-pointers in this match! And take a look at this – at the end of the 3rd quarter they were 13/17 from beyond the arc!
