Spars start their 2021/22 ABA 2 campaign with a big win vs. Vrijednosnice Osijek
Spars have scored a valuable win at the start of the 2021/22 ABA League 2 season as they defeated league newcomers Vrijednosnice Osijek.
Spars team (Photo: ABA League 2/Dragana Stjepanovic)
ABA League 2 Round 1, Tuesday, 12 October 2021:
SPARS - Vrijednosnice Osijek 82:74 (22:18, 23:20, 21:16, 16:20)
Spars have scored a valuable win at the start of the 2021/22 ABA League 2 season as they defeated league newcomers Vrijednosnice Osijek.
Last season’s ABA League 2 finalists have been constantly in front during this match, while they definitely managed to break their opponents in the final minutes of the 3rd quarter and at the start of the 4th period as in those moments Spars gained a 15-point lead – 69:54.
Arian Lakić was on fire for Spars as he scored 20 points, including 4 three-pointers, but the man of the match today was Lakić’s teammate Mašan Vrbica who made a fantastic all-around performance. Vrbica scored 19 points (7/7 FG2, 5/5 FT), had 5 rebounds and 7 assists, while his overall index rating was 40!
In Vrijednosnice Osijek team, Mladen Grušanović was the top scorer with 18 points, while Anyiarbany Makoi finished the match with 15 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.
Stats
Players on court
| SPA | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 7 | Nikolić N. | 22:40 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Vrbica M. | 35:17 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 40 |
| 10 | Abell R. | 33:51 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Polutak I. | 19:01 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Tutić R. | 01:10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VRO | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Makoi A. | 38:20 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Grušanović M. | 34:55 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | Kuany K. | 38:20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 13 | Bošnjak M. | 16:34 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 15 | Topolović Đ. | 38:09 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:13 (Q4) | GRUŠANOVIĆ M. assist | |
| 00:13 (Q4) | 82 : 74 | 13 BOŠNJAK M. made 2 points (layup) |
| 00:14 (Q4) | GRUŠANOVIĆ M. rebound (offensive) | |
| 00:18 (Q4) | GRUŠANOVIĆ M. missed 3 points (jump shot) |
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Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Vrbica M. | 40 | - | 24 | Makoi A. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Lakić A. | 20 | - | 18 | Grušanović M. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Lakić A. | 7 | - | 9 | Topolović Đ. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Vrbica M. | 7 | - | 6 | Makoi A. |
