Borac grab a huge road win vs. Split

Monday, 19. April 2021 at 17:59

Borac have scored a huge win as they defeated Split on the road in postponed game of Round 25. 

(Photo: Split/Ivica Cavka)

ABA League Round 25, Monday, 19 April 2021:

Split - BORAC 74:86 (18:15, 18:28, 22:26, 16:17)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: Borac have scored a huge win as they defeated Split on the road in postponed game of Round 25. The boys from Čačak have therefore made a major step toward securing their ABA League status for the next season. Borac now have the same overall score as Split – 8-17 – and in the final round of the regular season Borac will host Cibona, while Split will play against Partizan NIS on the road. It is also worth mentioning that Cibona and Krka also have 8 wins in their season record, but they have played one game less than Borac and Split and their overall score is 8-16.

All four of them will be fighting until the end to escape the 13th spot as that place leads into the Promotion/Relegation round.

Key moments: Borac were down by 8 points early in the 2nd quarter – 23:15, but then their shooting guard Aleksa Novaković changed the flow of this match single-handedly. He scored 5 three-pointers out of 5 attempts to put Borac in front at the halftime – 43:36. After that, Borac used the good momentum to show their full strength in the 2nd half and the visitors eventually scored quite a convincing win.

Man of the match: Aleksa Novaković! Apart from that 5 three-pointers that he scored in the first half, Novaković had the highest index rating in the winning team. He finished the match with 21 points and with the overall index rating of 23.

Can't trick the stats: Borac squad were on fire tonight in Split. They scored 12 three-pointers and those 3-point shots made the difference tonight.

Stats

Split
00:00 Q4
74 : 86
Borac Mozzart

Players on court

SPL Min P R A S F V
0 Đoković I. 20:53 7 2 2 1 4 2
1 Perković T. 24:26 15 3 1 1 4 15
10 Ukić R. 30:29 16 0 4 0 2 19
26 Babić L. 22:31 2 6 1 0 4 -2
33 Luković M. 24:01 4 4 2 0 1 3
BOR Min P R A S F V
7 Sanadze D. 23:57 15 0 2 1 3 12
17 Kočović N. 25:17 12 2 1 0 2 12
30 Novaković A. 31:59 21 5 0 0 1 23
32 Jones B. 21:54 10 3 4 1 0 14
44 Čarapić U. 18:03 7 1 1 0 3 4

Last 5 actions

Min Score Action
game finished
end of 4. quarter
00:25 (Q4)74 : 86 8 KOČOVIĆ N. made free throw (2 of 2)
00:25 (Q4)74 : 85 8 KOČOVIĆ N. made free throw (1 of 2)
00:25 (Q4) 8 KOČOVIĆ N. foul on
00:25 (Q4) 1 PERKOVIĆ T. foul (unsportsmanlike)

Top players

VALUE (INDEX)
Marić M. 20 - 23 Novaković A.
POINTS
Ukić R. 16 - 21 Novaković A.
REBOUNDS
Marić M. 8 - 6 Todorović N.
ASSISTS
Ukić R. 4 - 4 Thornton D.
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