Zvezda win the New Year's battle against Budućnost

Sunday, 30. December 2018 at 23:05

Amazing game for the end of 2018! 

Stratos Perperoglou (Photo: Crvena zvezda mts)

ABA League Round 13, Sunday, 30.12.2018:

CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS - Budućnost VOLI 86:72 (23:11, 23:29, 17:23, 23:9)

MATCH STATISTICS

PHOTO GALLERY

POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: Well, that was just a spectacular way to end this year! In a simply fantastic match in Belgrade, Crvena zvezda mts won the battle of giants against Budućnost VOLI and therefore remained the only undefeated team in the 2018/19 ABA League regular season. With this important victory, the red & whites have made another big step toward winning the 1st place in the regular season.

Key moments: Zvezda had a much better game opening, but they were still far from securing the win. Although the red & whites were up by 14 points at the start of the 2nd quarter – 25:11, Budućnost VOLI have managed to make a major comeback during the 3rd quarter. Not just that the visitors reduced the gap, but they actually took over the lead and went up by 8 points, with 2 minutes left in the game clock in the 3rd quarter – 55:63.

However, that’s when the home team woke up. Crvena zvezda mts answered back by making a 21:2 run – 76:65! The red & whites played with so much energy in the 4th quarter that they let their opponents score just 9 points in the last 10 minutes of this game! With that kind of defense, Zvezda had no troubles keeping their lead until the end.

Man of the match: Stratos Perperoglou is the man for the big games! Once again the Greek international shined in the derby match, this time by making 23 points. And many of them came in crucial moments for Crvena zvezda mts.

It is also worth mentioning a brilliant performance of Zvezda’s 20-year old Boriša Simanić, who finished the match with 14 poitns and 12 rebounds.

Can’t trick the stats: Usually, the overall number of rebounds shows with how much energy each team played. And this evening, Crvena zvezda mts had 12 rebounds more than Budućnost VOLI...

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