Budućnost VOLI win the thriller against Partizan NIS
This was definitely of the most thrilling games of the 2019/20 season so far.
Ognjen Jaramaz (Photo: Buducnost VOLI)
ABA League Round 8, Sunday, 24.11.2019:
BUDUĆNOST VOLI - Partizan NIS 65:60 (12:19, 17:18, 22:15, 14:8)
Game recap: What a game!!! Budućnost VOLI have defeated Partizan NIS in one of the most thrilling games of the season so far. In front of the packed stands in Sports Center Morača, the hosts had more concentration in the final moments and managed to pick up this big win.
Budućnost VOLI have therefore returned to the top of the table with the overall score of 7-1, while Partizan NIS now have the overall score of 5-3.
Key moments: The score was all tied 60:60 with 2 minutes left on the game clock. And that score hasn't changed in the next minute-and-a-half! Only then, on 30 seconds before the end, Budućnost VOLI point guard Nikola Ivanović picked up an offensive rebound and made a lay-up to give his team the lead – 62:60. In the following play, Partizan NIS center William Mosley made an offensive foul while trying to set the screen and that was the end of all hopes for the visitors that they might win this match. In the rest of the match Scott Bamfroth scored 3 free-throws in a row and made the final score – 65:60.
Man of the match: Hassan Martin! Not just that he made one of the best dunks of the season in this match, but he also scored 12 points and had 12 rebounds! Martin was brilliant on both ends of the court. Simple as that.
Can't trick the stats: Partizan NIS had an 8-point lead at the halftime – 37:29, but the visitors scored just 23 points in the rest of the match! They were 3/23 for 3-points... Not good enough for this kind of match.
Stats
Players on court
| BUD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 2 | Ivanović N. | 25:04 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Bamforth S. | 22:39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | Martin H. | 26:19 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 13 | Ilić A. | 20:35 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 30 | Popović P. | 17:41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| PAR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 5 | Paige M. | 22:27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Gordić N. | 28:45 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Jaramaz O. | 20:20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | Thomas R. | 21:22 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 42 | Mosley W. | 17:36 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Martin H. | 19 | - | 15 | Thomas R. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Cobbs J. | 14 | - | 11 | Veličković N. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Martin H. | 12 | - | 8 | Thomas R. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Ivanović N. | 4 | - | 3 | Paige M. |
