Crvena zvezda mts return to the top after beating Petrol Olimpija
Crvena zvezda mts are back at the top of the standings, together with Budućnost VOLI, after they have edged out Petrol Olimpija in an exciting encounter in Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade.
Nemanja Dangubic (Photo: Crvena zvezda mts)
ABA League Round 14, Tuesday, 2.1.2018:
CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS – Petrol Olimpija 80:76 (16:18, 24:19, 22:19, 18:20)
Game recap: The first ABA League game in 2018 was an excellent one, as Crvena zvezda mts hosted Petrol Olimpija. Both teams have demonstrated top-level basketball, with the home side proving more quality in the end and celebrating their 12th win of the season. This triumph puts the red and white of Belgrade back onto the first place in the ABA League standings, while at the other side Petrol Olimpija remain in the lower half of the standings with 5 wins gathered so far.
Key moments: It has been anybody’s game throughout the majority of the playing time and the guests were in front for the last time in 28th minute, when the score was 54:53. However, over the period of next two minutes, Zvezda went on a 12:2 run and have obtained a 9-point lead (65:56) with less than 10 minutes on the game clock. The return of the guests was impossible at this point, it turned out.
Man of the match: Taylor Rochestie was the man for Crvena zvezda mts this time! He led the team in scoring with 16 points, while adding 4 assists, 2 rebounds and a steal to his stats. His valuation was a game-high of 19 and he is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Assists/turovers ratio was the one that turned the game Zvezda’s way. While Zvezda had 18 assists and 11 turnovers, at Petrol Olimpija’s side it was almost the other way around – 18 turnovers and 14 assists.
