Igokea make another step towards the Playoffs by beating Zadar
Igokea have triumphed over Zadar on the road in Višnjik and are now a step closer to accomplishing their goal and qualifying for the ABA League Playoffs.
Steven Gray (Photo: Zadar/Zvonko Kucelin)
ABA League Round 23, Sunday, 28 March 2021:
Zadar - IGOKEA 63:86 (17:27, 10:16, 18:22, 18:21)
Game recap: Igokea have triumphed over Zadar on the road in Višnjik and are now a step closer to accomplishing their goal and qualifying for the ABA League Playoffs. They are now on an 18:4 record and remain in the group of the most serious Playoffs contenders. On the other side, Zadar continue their ABA League season with a 7:15 score on their record and need to keep on struggling in order to escape the danger zone near the bottom of the ABA League standings.
Key moments: Igokea have made things clear pretty quick, as they needed no more than 5 minutes of the game in order to create themselves a double-digit lead (3:14). After that, Zadar did not manage to threaten to take away their lead anymore until the end of the game.
Man of the match: Anthony Clemmons has been the best player of the winning side this time, as he led Igokea to another triumph with 12 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and a valuation of 19. He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Zadar have had 21 turnovers and Igokea only 13. Also, Igokea have been shooting 51% from the field and Zadar 39%. That’s what turned the flow of the game in the favour of the visiting side.
Stats
Players on court
| ZAD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 5 | Jordano A. | 24:16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Justice K. | 18:21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Palokaj J. | 18:15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 |
| 12 | Brala D. | 07:45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 44 | Planinić J. | 13:49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| IGO | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 4 | Vulić M. | 07:45 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Jovanović N. | 25:23 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 19 | Talić D. | 21:49 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 42 | Fundić S. | 16:50 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 77 | Kondić K. | 05:17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Carter J. | 15 | - | 19 | Clemmons A. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Carter J. | 15 | - | 13 | Jovanović N. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Vuković D. | 8 | - | 5 | Jovanović N. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Junaković M. | 4 | - | 5 | Clemmons A. |
