Budućnost VOLI stronger than Zadar

Sunday, 06. October 2019 at 18:00

Budućnost VOLI have grabbed a victory in their first ABA League encounter this season, against Zadar, at home in Morača Sports Hall.

Petar Popovic (Photo: Buducnost VOLI)

ABA League Round 1, Sunday, 6.10.2019:

BUDUĆNOST VOLI - Zadar 93:80 (27:28, 20:19, 26:18, 20:15)

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Game recap: The first clash for Budućnost VOLI and Zadar this season in the ABA League is over and it were the blue squad of Podgorica, that have protected their home Morača Sports Hall and grabbed a pair of points in their ABA League opener. Zadar have demonstrated a brave performance, but they simply lacked the depth on their roster in order to return home to Dalmatia with a pair of points in their pockets.

Key moments: After the first half, when Zadar were also in front for the majority of the playing time and threatened to come up with a big win, the score was 47:47. However, Budućnost VOLI were determined to keep the win at home and they have demonstrated it in the second half, which they have begun strongly and held a double-digit lead at the beginning 66:56 lead after a 9:1 run between 25th and 27th minute of the game. Zadar simply did not find a way to respond to this run properly and Budućnost VOLI celebrated a victory in the end.

Man of the match: Since his comeback to Budućnost VOLI, center Zoran Nikolić has been playing tremendously. It was no different this time. He scored 13 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, dished out one assist and had a valuation of 17. He is our man of the match.

Can't trick the stats: Budućnost VOLI were simply more accurate from the 3-point line. They were shooting 3-pointers 11/23 (47.8%) and Zadar only 8/34 (23.5). That’s what decided the outcome of the game.

Stats

Budućnost VOLI
00:00 Q4
93 : 80
Zadar

Players on court

BUD Min P R A S F V
1 Cobbs J. 28:07 12 1 5 0 3 14
3 Bamforth S. 30:06 13 3 6 0 3 10
33 Meiers M. 05:45 6 3 0 0 0 9
34 Nikolić D. 25:56 14 4 0 2 3 16
44 Žugić F. 02:20 0 0 0 0 1 -2
ZAD Min P R A S F V
0 Uljarević K. 12:46 2 0 2 0 1 0
5 Marić P. 13:48 2 0 1 1 3 2
17 Vuković D. 19:29 5 4 1 0 2 1
30 Farr J. 16:11 2 3 2 0 3 -1
88 Gilbert D. 17:47 7 4 2 0 2 7

Last 5 actions

Min Score Action
game finished
end of 4. quarter
00:09 (Q4)93 : 80 88 GILBERT D. made 2 points (layup)
00:09 (Q4) 88 GILBERT D. rebound (offensive)
00:13 (Q4) 3 ULJAREVIĆ K. missed 3 points (jump shot)
00:29 (Q4)93 : 78 33 MEIERS M. made 2 points (jump shot)

Top players

VALUE (INDEX)
Nikolić Z. 17 - 15 Allen B.
POINTS
Nikolić D. 14 - 16 Allen B.
REBOUNDS
Nikolić Z. 7 - 6 Allen B.
ASSISTS
Ivanović N. 8 - 5 Junaković M.
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