Split prevailed over Krka in Gripe
At home in Split Sports Hall, Split have prevailed over Krka in a close game, that could have gone either way.
Nejc Baric (Photo: Split/Ivica Cavka)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 8, Friday, 12 November 2021:
SPLIT - Krka 87:77 (20:14, 18:19, 24:23, 25:21)
Game recap: At home in Split Sports Hall, Split have prevailed over Krka in a close game, that could have gone either way. This is the second win of the 2021/22 AdmiralBet ABA League season, which lifts them up from the very bottom of the stadnings, where Zadar and Mornar-Barsko zlato are currently placed with 1 win apiece. On the other side, Krka will continue their AdmiralBet ABA League season with a 3:5 record after 8 rounds, in the lower half of the standings, but close to the middle.
Key moments: With 3 and a half minutes left in the game, Krka have managed to cut their deficit to only 2 points with 2 points by Luka Lapornik and everything was open at the score of 75:73. A 7:0 run followed by Split over the next minute and a half, for which former Krka player Nejc Barič contributed 5 points. Split were up 82:73 and only 2 minutes remained until the end. The battle for a new win was over.
Man of the match: Former Krka player Nejc Barič came up with a fantastic performance against his former club, as he had 20 points, 10 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and a valuation of 32. He is our man of the match.
Can’t trick the stats: The assists-turnovers ratio is the one that determined the flow of the game, as Split had 24 assists and 10 turnovers, while Krka had 18 assists and 14 turnovers.
Stats
Players on court
| SPL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Perković T. | 30:33 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Žganec K. | 20:50 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | Ukić R. | 30:54 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 17 | Bajo D. | 26:51 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 97 | Barič N. | 34:25 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
| KRK | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 2 | Gibbs T. | 26:36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Stipčević R. | 40:00 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 |
| 11 | Kosi J. | 34:43 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | Lapornik L. | 38:03 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 34 | Macura J. | 19:39 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Barič N. | 32 | - | 26 | Stipčević R. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Barič N. | 20 | - | 19 | Stipčević R. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Žganec K. | 10 | - | 6 | Lapornik L. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Barič N. | 10 | - | 7 | Stipčević R. |
