Budućnost VOLI are back on the winning track
The visitors simply had no chance in Podgorica this Sunday evening.
Justin Cobbs (Photo: Buducnost VOLI)
ABA League Round 4, Saturday, 26.10.2019:
BUDUĆNOST VOLI - Krka 80:60 (18:15, 23:10, 20:16, 19:19)
Game recap: Budućnost VOLI have returned on the winning path after beating Krka at home court in the 4th round of the regular season. The home side simply dominated the court and they did not let the visitors to even think about taking the win in this match. Recall that Krka haven’t triumphed in Podgorica since 2002 and that losing streak has just got even bigger.
Key moments: In the middle of the 2nd quarter Budućnost VOLI were up by just 2 points – 27:25. However, in the remaining 5 minutes the home side made the crucial 14:0 run and increased their lead to 41:25. The margin just kept growing and growing after the halftime, so the home side had no problems staying in front until the end of the match.
Man of the match: Hassan Martin is definitely becoming the new favorite player of Budućnost VOLI fans. This evening he scored 10 points, had 8 rebounds and he had the highest index rating in the winning team (19). On top of all that he made some spectacular dunks and blocks, while he was rewarded with standing ovation from the home crowd at the end of the game.
Can't trick the stats: Krka had 25 turnovers in this match! 25! That's just way to many for the match in which you are facing the last season's vice-champions.
Stats
Players on court
| BUD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Cobbs J. | 23:17 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Starovlah M. | 06:06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Ilić A. | 19:33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | Nikolić Z. | 11:05 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | Popović P. | 19:46 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| KRK | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 5 | Marinelli P. | 07:27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Škedelj M. | 14:06 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 |
| 13 | Fifolt Ž. | 11:45 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Ramljak I. | 22:27 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 70 | Osolnik T. | 09:40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Martin H. | 19 | - | 13 | Ramljak I. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Božić L. | 14 | - | 12 | Ramljak I. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Martin H. | 8 | - | 6 | Cosey G. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Ivanović N. | 5 | - | 2 | Marinelli P. |
