Mega MIS extend their winning streak as they prevail over Zadar
Mega MIS and Zadar have played another thrilling game and this time, the Belgrade side came out as the winner.
Ahmaad Rorie (Photo: Mega MIS/Ivica Veselinov)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 16, Monday, 23 January 2023:
MEGA MIS - Zadar 80:77 (24:20, 16:18, 17:20, 23:19)
Game recap: Mega MIS and Zadar have played another thrilling game and this time, the Belgrade side came out as the winner.
Mega MIS have managed to come back from an 8-point deficit in the final 6 minutes of the game and to grab their 3rd win in a row in this season. The Pink troops have therefore tied with Cibona (score 6-10) at the 8th place on the 2022/23 standings and they can once again start dreaming about making it to the Playoffs.
On the other side, Zadar now dropped to 8-8, but the boys coached by Danijel Jusup are still all alone at the 6th place on the standings despite this defeat.
Key moments: Zadar were up by 68:60 in the 4th quarter and the visiting side were on their way toward taking an important road win... But, Mega MIS refused to surrender. The home team scored three consecutive three-pointers to reduce the gap to just 3 points – 72:69, while after that they went on to make the key 11:3 run to take over the lead and complete their amazing 4th quarter comeback – 80:75 for Mega MIS.
The key moment happened just 30 seconds before the end when Mega MIS point guard Ahmaad Rorie scored such an important lay-up to put his team in front by 79:75.
Man of the match: Mega MIS power forward Matej Rudan played a big game today as he completed a double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds. His overall index rating was 25.
Can't trick the stats: Mega MIS scored 14 three-pointers today, while 4 of them came in the 4th quarter during their big comeback.
Stats
Players on court
| MEG | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 6 | Rudan M. | 31:33 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Uskoković A. | 15:53 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Cazalon M. | 29:36 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | Cerovina L. | 25:17 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 14 | Rorie A. | 31:06 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| ZAD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 9 | Žganec K. | 22:54 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 |
| 19 | Lakić A. | 26:22 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 24 | Drežnjak D. | 24:55 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 29 | Božić L. | 36:36 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 37 |
| 46 | Ramljak M. | 19:49 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 |
