The World of Stats: Suad Šehović joins the 1000+ rebounds club
Are you interested in the ABA League all-time records? Check out the following article and find out which major stats changes occurred during the last round.
The World of Stats
Marko Tomas (Igokea) scored 3 three-pointers in the match against Mega Bemax and has therefore tied with his former teammate from Zagreb Krunoslav Simon at the 10th place on the All-Time 3-Points Leaders list. Both players have scored per 282 three-pointers in the ABA League.
Speaking about 3-pointers, Filip Krušlin (Cedevita Olimpija) tied with Sašo Ožbolt at the 19th place on the All-Time 3 Points Leaders list (219 three-pointers). It is also worth mentioning that Derek Needham (Mornar) has joined the 100+ three-pointers club as he now has 101 three-pointers in his ABA League career stats.
Suad Šehović (Budućnost VOLI) made 9 rebounds in the match against Mornar and has therefore reached the 1000+ rebounds milestone. Suad Šehović now has 1001 rebounds in his ABA League career stats.
Matic Rebec (Cibona) made 6 assists in the match against Koper Primorska and has therefore made it to the Top 25 on the All-Time ABA League Assists Leaders list. Rebec has collected 400 assists so far in his ABA League career.
Budućnost VOLI squad had a pretty good shooting night in the match against Mornar. They were 26/34 for 2-points (76.47%), which is the best single-game 2-point percentage by any team in the ongoing season.
Special mention
On March 3, 2012, in the 2011/12 ABA League match between Zagreb and Radnički Kragujevac, Zagreb’s center Mario Kasun had 26 points and 16 rebounds. What is especially interesting about his stats is that Kasun made 14 offensive rebounds which is still the single-game league record.
On March 4, 2005, Zadar hosted Partizan NIS in one of the most thrilling games ever played in the regional competition. At the end of the 40th minute the score was all tied – 90:90, so the game went into overtime in which Partizan NIS prevailed – 111:110. What is special about this game is the number of free throws. There was a total number of 124 free throws in this match, while 92 were turned into points. Zadar were 52/70 from the free-throw line, while Partizan NIS had 40/54. These are the all-time league records for the total number of free throws in a single game and for the total number of free throws in a single game by one team. Also, these are the all-time league records for the total number of free throws made in a single game and for the total number of free throws made by one team in a single game. There was a total number of 83 personal fouls (44 Partizan NIS | 39 Zadar) which is also the all-time record. Five players of Zadar and six players of Partizan NIS had to leave the court due to five personal fouls.
