Cibona stronger than Borac in Zagreb
In the 21st round of the AdmiralBet ABA League season, Cibona have prevailed over Borac at home in Dražen Petrović Arena in Zagreb.
Amar Gegic (Photo: Cibona/Mihal Jacic)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 21, Sunday, 6 March 2022:
CIBONA - Borac 89:74 (17:19, 30:18, 23:17, 19:20)
Game recap: In the 21st round of the AdmiralBet ABA League season, Cibona have prevailed over Borac at home in Dražen Petrović Arena in Zagreb. This is the fourth straight win for the Wolves of Zagreb, that keeps them in the Playoffs race, with their current 9:10 record after 19 games played. On the other side, Borac are now on a 7:12 record and only Split and Krka are placed beneath them in the standings at the moment.
Key moments: It has been Borac, that have started the game better than the home side, leading 16:5 after 6 and a half minutes of play. However, Cibona did not give up at that moment, fought back and turned the game completely upside-down with a 16:3 run between the 15th and 19th minutes of the game. At halftime they have been up by 10 points (47:37) and as it turned out later in the game, this was enough for them to cruise towards the win in the end.
Man of the match: AdmiralBet ABA League NLB MVP of February Amar Gegić had a fantastic performance in the game against Borac, as he led his Cibona to the win with 22 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, and a valuation of 30. He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Cibona have outrebounded Borac 34:28 and that’s what pushed them towards the convincing win in the end.
Stats
Players on court
| CIB | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 9 | Gegić A. | 29:26 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| 23 | Drežnjak M. | 25:05 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 |
| 27 | Krajnović L. | 00:57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Reuvers N. | 29:31 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 99 | Nakić T. | 25:21 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| BOR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Đoković I. | 16:12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Hale H. | 28:37 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Đoković R. | 16:03 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Tomašević B. | 18:04 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | Pecarski M. | 23:30 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:20 (Q4) | GEGIĆ A. rebound (defensive) | |
| 00:23 (Q4) | 15 PECARSKI M. missed 2 points (turnaroundjump shot) | |
| 00:37 (Q4) | GEGIĆ A. assist | |
| 00:37 (Q4) | 89 : 74 | REUVERS N. made 2 points (dunk) |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Gegić A. | 30 | - | 18 | Pecarski M. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Gegić A. | 22 | - | 16 | Pecarski M. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Branković D. | 8 | - | 5 | Lopez L. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Gegić A. | 8 | - | 4 | Đoković I. |
