EC: What a comeback by Cedevita! Jackson scored 38 points!

Cedevita are definitely improving their form day by day and they proved it in the Eurocup match vs. Nizhny Novgorod.

Everything looked hopeless for Cedevita in the final moments of the first half when they were down by 17 points against Nizhny Novgorod – 33:50. The situation stayed almost the same until the middle of the 3^rd quarter when the score was 44:59 for the visitors, while then it started…

Cedevita scored 48 points in the following 15-16 minutes, they won the last quarter by 33:11 and made a miraculous comeback! It was so miraculous that the Zagreb team won the match by 15 points margin – 92:77! Amazing!

Pierre Jackson played an incredible game, as he made 38 points for Cedevita! His overall index rating was 37!

At the same time, other two ABA League teams that played their Eurocup games this Wednesday evening were not so successful. Budućnost VOLI scored just 44 points in the home game against Bayern Munich and suffered a heavy defeat, while MZT Skopje Aerodrom did not have a chance in the clash vs. Spanish team Gran Canaria.  

Eurocup Regular Season, Group A, Round 5, Wednesday, 9.11.2016:

CEDEVITA - Nizhny Novgorod 92:77 (23:33, 19:19, 17:14, 33:11)
Jackson 38, Bilan 18; Strebkov 21, Kane 15.

MZT Skopje Aerodrom - GRAN CANARIA 75:98 (17:24, 16:27, 22:18, 20:29) 
Scott 22, Thames 15; Kuric 19, Baez 15.

STANDINGS:

Group C:

Budućnost VOLI - BAYERN MUNICH 44:68 (12:21, 5:10, 13:19, 14:18) 
Savović 12, Reynolds 10; Booker 10, Lučić 9.

STANDINGS: