The World of Stats: Jacob Pullen set the season record with the index rating of 38
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 weekend.
The World of Stats
At the age of 17 years and 2 months, young Fedor Žugić (Budućnost VOLI) scored 20 points in the match against Cibona and has therefore become the 2nd youngest player in league history to score 20 points in a single game. Žugić is only the 8th U18 player to score 20+ points in a single game.
The only player younger than Fedor Žugić who managed to score 20 points in a single game is Nihad Đedović. Đedović (Bosna) scored 22 points against Zagreb in 2007 at the age of 17 years and 20 days.
By scoring 2 free throws in the last-round match against Cibona, Nikola Ivanović (Budućnost VOLI) moved up by one spot on the ABA League All-Time Free Throws Made list and he now holds the 19th position with the total number of 432 free throws made in his ABA League career. Ivanović surpassed Jure Močnik (431), while he needs to score 2 more free throws to tie with 18th placed Jakov Vladović (434).
In the same match, Damir Markota (Cibona) made 4 defensive rebounds and he moved up to the 14th place on the ABA League All-Time Defensive Rebounds list. Markota now has a total number of 570 defensive rebounds and he moved in front of Vuk Radivojević (569) on this list.
In the match between Koper Primorska and Mega Soccerbet which was ended in overtime, Luka Vončina (Koper Primorska) played all 45 minutes which is the 2020/21 season record for most minutes played by one player in a single game.
Codi Miller-McIntyre (Partizan NIS) was perfect from the free-throw line in the derby match against Crvena zvezda mts – 11/11. In this season, no one except from Miller-McIntyre was perfect from the free-throw line when shooting more than 10 free throws in a single game. Only Corey Walden (Crvena zvezda mts) and Jaka Blažič (Cedevita Olimpija) came very close to this achievement as they were 10/10 from the FT line in a single game.
Speaking about Corey Walden (Crvena zvezda mts), it is interesting to mention that he has not missed a single free throw so far in this season – 32/32. The next player who is perfect from the FT line in this season has 8/8.
Karlo Matković (Mega Soccerbet) made 6 blocks in the match against Koper Primorska. In league history only 5 players have made more blocks in a single game and al of them have made 7. Those players are: Slavko Vraneš, Uroš Luković, Zoran Nikolić, Smiljan Pavič and Shaw James.
Jacob Pullen (Mornar) was the MVP of the previous round with the overall index rating of 38. That is the highest index rating achieved by one player in a single game in the 2020/21 ABA League season.
