Cibona defended home court from MZT Skopje Aerodrom
Great defense in the second half brought Cibona a valuable win over MZT Skopje Aerodrom.
Great defense in the second half brought Cibona a valuable win over MZT Skopje Aerodrom.
ABA League 20th round, Saturday, 16.1.2016:
CIBONA - MZT Skopje Aerodrom 68:62 (15:21, 16:18, 20:12, 17:11)
Story of the game: Last week Cibona failed to complete a major comeback against Partizan NIS in Belgrade... But, this weekend, they went all the way to the end. The crew from Zagreb had a double digit deficit against MZT Skopje Aerodrom in the first half (27:37), but then they started playing super strong defense and changed to flow of the match. Cibona conceded only 23 points for the entire second half... They scored 37. The comeback was complete.
Key moments: Cibona managed to tie the score against MZT Skopje Aerodrom until the end of the third quarter, while the hosts used the good momentum to take over the lead already in the opening minutes of the last period. Cibona made 7:1 run and escaped from 51:51 to 58:52.
Man of the match: James Brian Florence has finally showed his true face. Cibona needed a leader in the second half and the American point guard accepted to take that challenge. He was scoring both from the inside and outside the paint and helped his team make a big comeback.
Can't trick the stats: This is very interesting. MZT Skopje Aerodrom had more assists, rebounds and less turnovers... But they still lost the game! Because, the visitors had really bad shooting percentage... They scored only 4 three pointers for the whole game.
