Mega finish 9th after beating Igokea
In the opening game of the Sunday’s ABA League programme, Mega Bemax have beaten Igokea at home in Pinki Sports Hall in Sremska Mitrovica, meaning that they have already secured 9th place after the end of the regular season, even though some of the games are still to be played.
Goga Bitadze (Photo: Mega Bemax/Ivica Veselinov)
ABA League Round 22, Sunday, 11.3.2018:
MEGA BEMAX – Igokea 99:87 (31:16, 19:26, 20:27, 29:18)
Game recap: Mega Bemax have finished their appearances in this season’s edition of the ABA League on the 9th place and they have secured themselves this position by beating their direct competitors of Igokea at home in Sremska Mitrovica, thus finishing ahead of them in the standings. On the other side, Igokea will finish between 10th and 11th place in the standings, depending on the result of the game between Crvena zvezda mts and Cibona in Belgrade.
Key moments: Even though Mega have been up by 19 points already in the 9th minute of the game (29:10), Igokea bounced back and have even taken the lead in the second half. However, in the last quarter Mega have managed to finally crack the resistance of the guests and they have literally done it in the final minutes – Goga Bitadze has put the drama to an end with 90 seconds remaining on the clock, when he scored for the score of 92:84.
Man of the match: He may not have been the most efficient guy on the court this time around, but for sure Nikola Mišković was the one who left the biggest impression tonight. The player that has just turned 19 and which has only played his second game for Mega in the ABA League, has finished the game with 17 points (3/4 for 3), 3 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist and a valuation of 19! He is our man of the match.
Can’t trick the stats: Mega Bemax have outrebounded the guests 35:28 and this is what turned the game their way.
