#ABAFutureStars: Nikola Jović shines as Mega Mozzart beat Igokea m:tel to reach the Final
Mega Mozzart will have a chance to defend their title in the U19 ABA League Championship as they defeated Igokea m:tel in the first semi-final game of the 2022 U19 ABA League Final Tournament.
(Photo: ABA League j.t.d./Dragana Stjepanovic)
2021/22 U19 ABA League Championship, Semi-Finals, Thursday, April 28, 2022:
U19 MEGA MOZZART - U19 Igokea m:tel 97:87 (19:28, 25:23, 21:14, 32:22)
Mega Mozzart will have a chance to defend their title in the U19 ABA League Championship as they defeated Igokea m:tel in the first semi-final game of the 2022 U19 ABA League Final Tournament.
Mega Mozzart’s wonderkid Nikola Jović received the award for the 2021/22 AdmiralBet ABA League Top Prospect ahead of this match, while imediatelly after that Jović started showing why he is considered as future star of regional basketball. Jović scored 29 points today to lead Mega Mozzart toward their 2nd consecutive Final of the U19 ABA League Championship.
On top of scoring 29 points, Nikola Jović also had 8 rebounds and 5 assists, while his overall index rating was 29.
In the winning team, Andrja Grbović scored 19 points, Nikola Đurišić made 17, while Luka Bogavac also reached double digits as he finished the match with 15 points.
On the other side, despite having an excellent 1st half, Igokea m:tel simply had to congratulate their rivals on a well-deserved win at the end. The boys from Laktaši had lot of problems defensively in the 2nd half in which they conceded 53 points and that might be the key reason why they lost this match.
Amsal Delalić was the top scorer of Igokea m:tel troops today with 25 points, while Vuk Bošković scored 21 points.
Stats
Players on court
| MEG | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Labović D. | 31:11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Bogavac L. | 28:36 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Mušicki A. | 06:42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 |
| 13 | Đulović A. | 04:30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Marković B. | 00:19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IGO | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 5 | Delalić A. | 29:05 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | Ilić M. | 01:32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Radulović D. | 17:52 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | Smiljanić A. | 34:47 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | Čovičković A. | 32:57 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Jović N. | 30 | - | 24 | Delalić A. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Jović N. | 29 | - | 25 | Delalić A. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Jović N. | 8 | - | 9 | Smiljanić A. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Labović D. | 6 | - | 6 | Bošković V. |
