Justin Carter hands Zadar road win in Belgrade

Sunday, 19. December 2021 at 12:00

On the road in Mega Factory Hall in Belgrade, Zadar have outgunned Mega Mozzart in thrilling finish and grabbed an important win in their battle to avoid the danger zone near the bottom of the AdmiralBet ABA League standings.

Zadar team (Photo: Mega Mozzart/Ivica Veselinov)

AdmiralBet ABA League Round 12, Sunday, 19 December 2021:

Mega Mozzart - ZADAR 70:72 (16:24, 16:22, 26:11, 12:15)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: On the road in Mega Factory Hall in Belgrade, Zadar have outgunned Mega Mozzart in thrilling finish and grabbed an important win in their battle to avoid the danger zone near the bottom of the AdmiralBet ABA League standings. This is the third win of the season for Zadar, which puts them away from the very bottom of the AdmiralBet ABA League standings, where Split now stands alone with a 2:10 record. On the other side, Mega Mozzart will continue their season with a 5:7 record in the lower half of the standings and need to continue struggling in order to get closer to their desired place in the Playoffs zone.

Key moments: Mega were the ones to start the game slightly better, but Zadar have quickly caught them in terms of scoring and the last time that the score was tied was in the 7th minute, when the scoreboard has shown the score of 14:14. That’s when the Zadar’s 13:2 run has begun, which lasted until the 11th minute, when the Dalmatians took the 27:16 lead. It seemed like these would be the decisive moments, but Mega bounced back in the third quarter and tied the game at 51:51, with an impressive 19:5 start to the second half. 

The game remained close until its very finish, all until the final minute, which Zadar entered with a 2-point advantage. Scoochie Smith tied the game at 70:70 with 16 seconds remaining on the game clock. When everyone believed that the game would be heading into the overtime, however, Justin Carter stepped up and put in the last-second game-winner for the big win of the Dalmatians.

Man of the match: Not only did Justin Carter contribute the game-winning bucket, but he also had a heroic performance throughout the 40 minutes of the game, as he led the Dalmatians to the big win. He had 25 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and a valuation of 34. He is rightfully named our man of the match!

Can’t trick the stats: Since Mega Mozzart were the better of the two squads in almost every single category – from field goal percentage, to rebounding, assists, steals and turnovers, it remains a mistery how Zadar could come up with such an impressive win. Perhaps their secret is that perfect individual performance by Justin Carter, which beats it all.

Stats

Mega MIS
00:00 Q4
70 : 72
Zadar

Players on court

MEG Min P R A S F V
4 Ruzhentsev S. 14:58 11 3 0 1 4 7
5 Jović N. 30:32 11 4 3 1 3 8
11 Smith D. 36:15 11 4 6 2 3 18
12 Janković N. 13:18 4 2 1 1 2 0
21 Đurišić N. 21:00 4 2 5 1 1 7
ZAD Min P R A S F V
1 Carter J. 36:40 25 8 5 2 2 34
3 Marčinković P. 22:29 8 4 1 2 2 13
5 Jordano A. 30:27 6 1 2 1 2 2
17 Vuković D. 26:12 5 3 0 0 4 3
30 Mavra D. 34:26 5 5 1 0 0 8

Last 5 actions

Min Score Action
game finished
end of 4. quarter
00:01 (Q4) RUZHENTSEV S. missed 3 points (jump shot)
00:03 (Q4)70 : 72 1 CARTER J. made 2 points (jump shot)
00:16 (Q4) 21 JANKOVIĆ N. substitution (in)
00:16 (Q4) RUZHENTSEV S. substitution (in)

Top players

VALUE (INDEX)
Smith D. 18 - 34 Carter J.
POINTS
Simanić B. 12 - 25 Carter J.
REBOUNDS
Balcerowski A. 7 - 8 Carter J.
ASSISTS
Smith D. 6 - 5 Carter J.
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