Igokea stay on the winning path as they beat FMP in Laktaši

ABA League Round 7, Wednesday, 9 December 2020:

IGOKEA - FMP 84:74 (23:23, 27:21, 17:15, 17:15)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: Igokea have scored another win in the 2020/21 ABA League regular season as they defeated FMP in postponed game of Round 7. The final score might make you think that this was a comfortable win for the home side, however the game itself was actually quite thrilling and the winner was decided in the last couple of minutes. Igokea made the crucial 12:2 run in the final 5 minutes and grabbed this valuable win.

Igokea have therefore improved their season score to 6-2 and they are now holding the 4^th place on the standings. On the other side, FMP’s season record is now 2-5 and they are placed at the 11^th place on the standings.

Key moments: In the middle of the 4^th quarter the two sides were all tied at 72:72. And until then both teams have been quite good offensively, which suggested that we will have another thrilling ending. However, in the remaining 5 minutes FMP scored just 2 points, which Igokea used to clinch the win with the crucial 12:2 run.

It should be mentioned that on 3 minutes before the end FMP stayed without their best player from tonight’s game Filip Čović, who had to leave the court due to injury.

Man of the match: Marko Jošilo has put on another amazing performance in this season. Igokea’s starting small forward finished the match with 21 points, while his overall index rating was 25.

Can’t trick the stats: The only stats that is important in this match is the one from the last 5 minutes as FMP managed to score just 2 points in that period. Simply, the Panthers’ offense just stopped working in the crucial moments and that is why they lost the game.