The World of Stats: Find out which major stats changes occurred during the last week
Are you interested in the AdmiralBet ABA League all-time records? Check out the following article and find out which major stats changes occurred during the last week.
The last-round match between Igokea m:tel and Budućnost VOLI definitely confirmed the fact that the ongoing season is the highest scoring season in league history. Until the 2022/23 regional league campaign, the highest scoring season in league history was the 2002/03 season when the teams averaged 82.27 points per game. In the current season, the teams are averaging 83.91 points per game.
Also, the match between Igokea m:tel and Budućnost VOLI (103:101) is the first game after almost 3 years in which both sides scored 100+ points. The last time both teams scored 100+ points in a single game happened on February 1, 2020 in the match between FMP and Cedevita Olimpija (100:105).
There is one more interesting thing about the game between Igokea m:tel and Budućnost VOLI as its halftime score (63:56) was the 3rd hghest scoring first half in league history. Interesting enough, the two games that had more points in the 1st half were also played in Laktaši. The game that holds the record is the one between Igokea and Petrol Olimpija (66:60 halftime score) that was played on November 16, 2018), while the second one was Igokea – MZT Skopje Aerodrom (57:63 halftime score) played on October 16, 2017.
Nemanja Vranješ (Mornar-Barsko zlato) reached a 200+ three-pointers-made milestone last weekend in the match against MZT Skopje Aerodrom.
By spending 19 minutes on court last weekend in the match against FMP Meridian, Edo Murić (Cedevita Olimpija) has become only the 21st player in league history to play 5,000+ minutes in the regional competition. On top of that, Murić has made progress on the All-Time 3-Pointers Made list as he surpassed Jacob Pullen (260) to claim the 17th spot with a total number of 261 three-pointers made.
Alen Omić (Cedevita Olimpija) has made it to the Top 10 of the All-Time Rebounds Made list. Omić (944) made his way past Jure Lalić (937) to get to the 10th position.
Omić has also made progress on the 2-Pointers Made list as he surpassed Aliaksei Lashkevicha (586) to take over the 12th position with a total number of 590 two-pointers made.
Sava Lešić (Borac Mozzart) has also improved his position on the All-Time 2-Pointers Made list as he moved past Jakov Vladović (566) to climb up to the 15th spot with a total number of 567 two-pointers made.
Paulius Valinskas (FMP Meridian) has become only the 7th player in league history to score 20+ points without missing a single shot in one game. Valinskas was 2/2 fpr 2 points, 5/5 for 3-points and 2/2 from the free throw line in the match against Cedevita Olimpija. The most successful in this category in league history is former Široki player Fran Pilepić who scored 26 points in a single game while shooting 5/5 FG2, 3/3 FG3 and 4/4 FT.
Nikola Ivanović (Crvena zvezda mts) has played his 250th game in the regional league and has therefore moved up to the 14th place on the All-Time Games Played list.
On top of that, Ivanović has also moved up to the 4th place on the All-Time Free Throws Made list as he surpassed Davor Kus (634) with a total number of 637 free throws made.
Branko Lazić (Crvena zvezda mts) has made it to the Top 15 of the All-Time 3-Pointers Made list. Lazić (272) skipped Jasmin Hukić (271) to enter the Top 15.
Dalibor Ilić (Crvena zvezda mts) has reached a 500+ rebounds-made milestone.
