Split score their first away win in Zadar since 2002
After long 18 years, Split have finally managed to beat Zadar on the road in ABA League.
Marko Lukovic (Photo: Zadar/Zvonko Kucelin)
ABA League Round 5, Sunday, 1 November 2020:
Zadar - SPLIT 66:72 (15:26, 19:13, 16:20, 16:13)
Story of the game: After long 18 years, Split have finally managed to beat Zadar on the road in ABA League. It was the first road win for the yellow-and-black crew in Zadar since 28 September, 2002.
And both sides agreed after the game that Split deserved to win this match. The visitors have been in front almost the entire time, while they have successfully rejected all Zadar’s attempts of making a comeback in the final moments.
Split now have the overall score of 2-3, while Zadar are at 1-4.
Key moments: Zadar reduced the gap to just 4 points – 67:63, with 4:20 left on the game clock. But, then Split scored 4 key points to stay on a safe distance. Split’s best player from today’s game Marko Luković made the lay-up for 69:63, while then Toni Perković scored another two points for the visitors to increase the lead of Split to 71:63.
Man of the match: Marko Luković was leading the away troops in this local derby. He was the top scorer of Split with 18 points, while he also made 5 rebounds and had the overall index rating of 17.
Can’t trick the stats: Zadar missed too many shots this evening. They were 16/34 for 2 points and 7/28 for 3-points. In the last 4 minutes of this game the home team scored just 3 points.
Stats
Players on court
| ZAD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Carter J. | 30:37 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| 17 | Vuković D. | 30:37 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 24 | Worku E. | 23:28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | Mavra D. | 28:57 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 32 | Onuaku C. | 24:01 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| SPL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Perković T. | 23:45 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 |
| 7 | Kedžo M. | 14:20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 |
| 12 | Marčinković P. | 33:02 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 23 | Čampara S. | 34:10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 33 | Luković M. | 29:57 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:21 (Q4) | 3 MARČINKOVIĆ P. steal | |
| 00:21 (Q4) | 1 VUKOVIĆ D. turnover (bad pass) | |
| 00:24 (Q4) | 66 : 72 | 33 LUKOVIĆ M. made free throw (2 of 2) |
| 00:24 (Q4) | 33 LUKOVIĆ M. missed free throw (1 of 2) |
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Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Carter J. | 21 | - | 17 | Luković M. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Gilbert D. | 13 | - | 18 | Luković M. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Onuaku C. | 8 | - | 10 | Marčinković P. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Carter J. | 4 | - | 6 | Čampara S. |
