Borac too strong for Mega Basket in Čačak
In the fourth round of the AdmiralBet ABA League season, Borac have prevailed over Mega Basket at home in Borac Sports Hall in Čačak.
Lautaro Lopez (Photo: Borac/Dusko Radisic)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 4, Sunday, 17 October 2021:
BORAC - Mega Basket 80:68 (13:18, 29:14, 18:24, 20:12)
Game recap: In the fourth round of the AdmiralBet ABA League season, Borac have prevailed over Mega Basket at home in Borac Sports Hall in Čačak. Borac have done the majority of the job between the end of the third and beginning of the fourth quarter, when they bounced back after Mega Basket’s lead and scored their second win of the AdmiralBet ABA League season. That places them in the middle of the standings after 4 rounds, alongside Mega Basket, with a 2:2 score each on their record.
Key moments: Borac led by double-digits at halftime (42:32), but Mega Basket managed to turn the game completely upside-down in the third quarter, taking the lead at the score of 51:52 in 26th minute. Borac stood up again quickly and got in front by 4 points by the end of the quarter. Afterwards they opened the final part of the game with a 5:0 run and created themselves a 9-point lead in 33rd minute (65:56), which they never let go of again until the end of the game.
Man of the match: Hunter Hale has dominated the court for Borac as he led his squad towards the win in the local derby. He had 26 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and a valuation of 27 on his record. He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Rebounding and three-point shooting were the ones that lifted Borac to the win over Mega Basket this time around. They have outrebounded Mega Basket 37:31 and outgunned their opponents 47% - 26% from the perimeter. That’s where the game was decided.
Stats
Players on court
| BOR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 5 | Hale H. | 31:40 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Lopez L. | 26:13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Tomašević B. | 17:51 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 30 | Novaković A. | 29:36 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 44 | Čarapić U. | 15:09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 |
| MEG | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 5 | Jović N. | 28:11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Rudan M. | 16:32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Smith D. | 29:20 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Đurišić N. | 15:45 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 | Simanić B. | 25:12 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:00 (Q4) | HALE H. missed 2 points (jump shot) | |
| 00:00 (Q4) | HALE H. rebound (offensive) | |
| 00:00 (Q4) | 22 SIMANIĆ B. block | |
| 00:00 (Q4) | 13 TOMAŠEVIĆ B. missed 2 points (layup) |
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Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Hale H. | 27 | - | 16 | Balcerowski A. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Hale H. | 26 | - | 17 | Simanić B. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Lešić S. | 8 | - | 6 | Balcerowski A. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Hale H. | 4 | - | 5 | Smith D. |
