Mulalić silenced Pionir Hall with half-court game winner
Crazy ending in Belgrade! Mirko Mulalić scored a half-court three-pointer at the buzzer and brought win to Krka over Partizan NIS.
Crazy ending in Belgrade! Mirko Mulalić scored a half-court three-pointer at the buzzer and brought win to Krka over Partizan NIS.
ABA League 7th round, Saturday, 24.10.2015:
Partizan NIS - KRKA 69:70 (18:20, 25:14, 11:22, 15:14)
Game recap: What a game! Partizan NIS players and fans were already celebrating another home win, but then Mirko Mulalić silenced the Pionir Hall! He scored an unbelievable three-pointer from half-court at the buzzer and decided the winner! Interesting enough, this was the second win in a row for Krka against Partizan NIS in Belgrade.
Key moments: To start this extraordinary story only couple of moments before the crucial shot. It was 67:65 for Partizan NIS, with 20 seconds remaining on the clock, but Krka had the ball. Mirko Mulalić stayed all alone behind the arc… He missed a three pointer! Aleksandar Cvetković collected a defensive rebound and hot fouled. He made one out of two free throws - 68:65 - Krka still had 8 seconds to do something.
Of course, Partizan NIS players quickly made foul on Stefan Sinovec, he scored both free-throws - 68:67. Time-out Partizan NIS, with 5 seconds left in this game. Krka wasted two seconds in attempt to make a foul on Aleksandar Cvetković, but they sent him on a free throw line. He missed the first one and made the second - 69:67. Visitors had 3 seconds to make the final shot, the ball ended up in hands of Mirko Mulalić on his side of the court... He started running toward Partizan NIS basket, then jumped up in the air from half-court and tried a three-pointer. The ball bounced off the board and went inside the basket - 69:70!
Man of the match: Well it is quite obvious, isn"t it? Mirko Mulalić! Not just that he scored that key three-pointer, but that was his 6th out of 7 attempts in this game!
Can't trick the stats: At the end Partizan NIS lost this game because of their bad free throws percentage. They had 29 attempts and made only 17 shots.
