Ivanović and Vildoza lead Crvena zvezda mts toward the win against FMP Meridian

AdmiralBet ABA League Round 4, Monday, 24 October 2022:

CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS - FMP Meridian 83:77 (24:25, 27:15, 17:22, 15:15)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: Crvena zvezda mts have defended their home court in the clash against the brave FMP Meridian crew, but only after going through lot of troubles during their 40-minute battle against the Panthers.

After all, this was the clash of two undefeated teams and each of them showed this evening that their perfect start of the season was not a coincidence.

Eventually, two players decided this very exciting game. Nikola Ivanović and Luca Vildoza.

Ivanović has played his best game of the season so far as he scored 22 points tonight, while his overall index rating was 30. At the same time, Zvezda’s latest signing Luca Vildoza scored 14 points, including some big 3-pointers in the 4^th quarter in which he pushed his team toward the win.

Crvena zvezda mts have therefore improved their season score to 3-0, while FMP Meridian are now at 3-1.

Key moments: Crvena zvezda mts gained the key advantage over FMP Meridian right at the start of the 4^th quarter when they made two consecutive 3-pointers to escape on a double digit lead. Ognjen Dobrić was the first to drain the 3-pointer for 71:64, while after that Luca Vildoza made his 3-point shot to put Crvena zvezda mts in front by 10 – 74:64.

Man of the match: It is difficult to pick between Ivanović and Vildoza, but due to his 30 index rating we will say that Nikola Ivanović was the MVP tonight.

Can’t trick the stats: Apart from making some very important 3-pointers in key moments, Crvena zvezda mts also used their famous defense to protect their basket when FMP Meridian came very close to take over the lead. At the end of the match, the red-and-whites had 8 steals, which shows very well how good they were defensively.