So important road win for Cedevita

Sunday, 06. December 2015 at 18:55

Cedevita returned from -12 in the third quarter and scored a big road win against MZT Skopje Aerodrom. Miro Bilan with double-double achievement.

Cedevita returned from -12 in the third quarter and scored a big road win against MZT Skopje Aerodrom. Miro Bilan with double-double achievement.

ABA League 13th round, Sunday, 6.12.2015:

MZT Skopje Aerodrom - CEDEVITA 65:70 (20:12, 14:17, 16:19, 15:22)

MATCH STATISTICS

PHOTO GALLERY

POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: Same story for MZT Skopje Aerodrom. Aleš Pipan and his boys have lost another close match in this season. This time they were step away to upset Cedevita... But, they not could not hold the lead until the end. The visitors simply won this game by pure quality. In the most important moments Zagreb crew have increased their defensive level and blocked all the ways toward their basket. Cedevita prevailed despite playing without Jacob Pullen, who had to travel to USA.

Key moments: MZT Skopje Aerodrom had +12 in the third quarter - 50:38, but Cedevita made 14:0 run and took over the lead - 50:52! Still, the away side made even more important run in the last 3 minutes of the game. They were down by 60:58, but then made 8 consecutive points for 60:66! That decided the winner.

Man of the match: Miro Bilan has once again showed why he is considered as one of the top centers in the ABA League. Cedevita's big guy made double-double achievement with 14 points and 10 rebounds. His overall index was 18.

Can't trick the stats: Cedevita were superior under the basket. They had 24 defensive and 9 offensive rebounds... MZT Skopje Aerodrom collected 19+7...


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