Spars win the thriller against Lovćen 1947 Bemax
The boys from Sarajevo have scored their first win in the season.
(Photo: Spars/Mudinin Hodzic)
ABA League 2 Round 10, Thursday, 5.12.2019:
SPARS - Lovćen 1947 Bemax 69:67 (15:22, 20:14, 12:16, 22:15)
Spars have finally scored their first win in the ongoing ABA 2 season after beating Lovćen 1947 Bemax in a thrilling game in Sarajevo. To be fair, the home side had a lot of luck in the dying seconds of the 4th quarter as the visitors had a chance to take this match into overtime, however Mašan Vrbica missed a free-throw and failed to tie the score.
Spars were up by by 69:66, when Darrion Dont'e Strong made a foul on Mašan Vrbica on 2 seconds before the end of the match, in the moment when Lovćen 1947 Bemax player was pulling up for a 3-pointer. Therefore, Vrbica got 3 free throws and a big chance to tie the score… However he missed already the first free throw attempt. Vrbica then made the 2nd one for 69:67 and then missed the last one on purpose, however his teammates were unable to make an offensive rebound and the score remained the same – 69:67 for Spars.
Spars now have the overall score of 1-9, while Lovćen 1947 Bemax are at 4-6.
Stats
Players on court
| SPA | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 0 | Strong D. | 22:41 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Vrabac A. | 37:30 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 13 | Kamenjaš K. | 29:24 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 19 | Buza N. | 34:49 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 22 | Đekić B. | 27:10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| LOV | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Latković M. | 12:10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 |
| 8 | Hadžibegović E. | 33:06 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Vrbica M. | 39:17 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 15 | Popović M. | 34:08 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 18 | Đukanović M. | 30:19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Buza N. | 21 | - | 17 | Đukanović M. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Vrabac A. | 17 | - | 17 | Popović M. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Kamenjaš K. | 7 | - | 7 | Vrbica M. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Buza N. | 10 | - | 7 | Vrbica M. |
