Igokea prevailed over Cedevita Olimpija in Laktaši
At home in Laktaši, Igokea have edged out Cedevita Olimpija in a very important game of two Playoffs contenders.
(Photo: Igokea/Nikola Vuruna)
ABA League Round 21, Saturday, 13 March 2021:
IGOKEA - Cedevita Olimpija 76:70 (17:15, 18:23, 28:20, 13:12)
Game recap: At home in Laktaši, Igokea have edged out Cedevita Olimpija in a very important game of two Playoffs contenders. This way, Igokea have grabbed their 16th win of the season and they are one triumph up over Cedevita Olimpija now, while the two sides have an equal number of wins (4) on their record. Igokea have therefore got their revenge over the Dragons for the defeat in Ljubljana from the first half of the ABA League season. However, both squads remain in the Playoffs race with 5 rounds to go in the ABA League.
Key moments: Cedevita Olimpija were the ones with the better first half performance, as they went on the big break with the 3-point lead (35:38). However, Igokea opened the second half with a 7:0 run, which turned the game upside-down (42:38). The two squads have remained close all until the 26th minute of the game, when the score was 47:44 in favour of Igokea, but then the hosts went on a 7:1 run over the next half of minute and their lead was 9 points (54:45). As it turned out there was no way back into into the lead for the visiting squad.
Man of the match: Anthony Clemmons was the true floor general for Igokea, as he led them to the win with 16 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and a valuation of 22. He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Field goal percentage was the one that made the difference this time, as Igokea have been shooting from the field 42.4%, while Cedevita Olimpija were shooting 36.9% from the field. That’s what turned the game Igokea’s way.
Stats
Players on court
| IGO | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 5 | Clemmons A. | 30:36 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Atić E. | 32:41 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Gray S. | 26:15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Jošilo M. | 32:43 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 32 | Carmichael J. | 26:37 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| COL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 5 | Hopkins M. | 25:58 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Blažič J. | 31:53 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Brown R. | 24:53 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | Jones J. | 30:11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 55 | Rupnik L. | 17:07 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Clemmons A. | 22 | - | 17 | Hopkins M. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Clemmons A. | 16 | - | 13 | Perry K. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Atić E. | 8 | - | 11 | Hopkins M. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Clemmons A. | 5 | - | 4 | Perry K. |
