Cibona grab a big derby win against Zadar

Friday, 10. January 2020 at 20:00

The Wolves scored a statement win against their arch rivals. 

Shane Gibson (Photo: Cibona/Zeljko Baksaj, Domagoj Vranar & Gordan Lausic)

ABA League Round 15, Friday, 10.1.2020:

CIBONA - Zadar 89:60 (26:17, 20:9, 18:17, 25:17)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: For the second time in this season Cibona have defeated their arch rivals Zadar in the ABA League. And this time, the Wolves have done it in a pretty dominant way, leaving the visiting side 29 points behind!

On top of a sweet feeling of beating your rivals, this victory means a lot to Cibona in the race to avoid relegation. The Zagreb crew now have the overall score of 5-10, while Zadar are at 4-11.

Key moments: Cibona opened this match with a 17:2 run! Yes, the home team were up by 15 points already in the middle of the 1st quarter, therefore showing to the visitors that this is not going to be their day. Still, Zadar have managed to reduce the gap to a single digit until the end of the 1st quarter – 26:17, but then Cibona won the 2nd period by 20:9 and gained a 20-point lead at the halftime – 46:26. The home side has stayed in front until the end without any problems.

Man of the match: Matic Rebec was too fast for his rivals today. Cibona’s point guard scored 16 points and had 9 assists, while his overall index rating was 28.

Can’t trick the stats: Cibona scored 16 three-pointers out of 32 attempts in this match, while on the other side Zadar made just 8. Also, Cibona had 22 assists, Zadar had 11…

Stats

Cibona
00:00 Q4
89 : 60
Zadar

Players on court

CIB Min P R A S F V
9 Vucić M. 16:07 2 3 1 1 4 4
17 Prkačin R. 10:29 5 1 0 0 0 4
18 Badžim R. 14:29 7 2 2 0 1 8
25 Gibson S. 29:55 14 7 4 0 3 18
46 Ramljak M. 19:03 8 0 0 0 2 3
ZAD Min P R A S F V
0 Uljarević K. 11:13 0 0 1 1 1 -5
2 Allen B. 40:00 20 5 3 2 2 17
9 Palokaj J. 07:59 3 1 0 1 1 3
44 Planinić J. 12:47 5 4 0 0 3 3
69 Keller A. 18:30 2 5 0 0 2 2

Last 5 actions

Min Score Action
game finished
end of 4. quarter
00:06 (Q4) 10 VUCIĆ M. rebound (defensive)
00:11 (Q4) 10 VUCIĆ M. block
00:11 (Q4) 44 PLANINIĆ J. missed 2 points (jump shot)
00:11 (Q4) 44 PLANINIĆ J. rebound (offensive)

Top players

VALUE (INDEX)
Rebec M. 28 - 17 Allen B.
POINTS
Novačić I. 20 - 20 Allen B.
REBOUNDS
Bundović F. 7 - 12 Vuković D.
ASSISTS
Rebec M. 9 - 3 Allen B.
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