Pelister-Bitola grab important win over Sloga

Thursday, 09. March 2023 at 15:00

In the opening game of the Thursday’s NLB ABA League 2 schedule, Pelister-Bitola have prevailed over Sloga in Pecara Sports Hall in Široki Brijeg.

(Photo: ABA League j.t.d./Dragana Stjepanovic)

NLB ABA League 2 Round 12, Thursday, 9 March 2023:

Sloga - PELISTER-BITOLA 93:96 (16:25, 24:31, 21:22, 32:18)

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In the opening game of the Thursday’s NLB ABA League 2 schedule, Pelister-Bitola have prevailed over Sloga in Pecara Sports Hall in Široki Brijeg.

For the Bitola squad, it is an extremely important win, which represents a giant leap towards the NLB ABA League 2 Playoffs. They have now moved one win up over the edge of the Playoffs Zone with a 7:5 record, holding a win more in their hands than Sloga, which stand in the 9th place, just below the Playoffs Zone’s edge, with the record of 6:6.

It has really been a one-way traffic this time, as Pelister-Bitola have got in front by 9 points already by the end of the first quarter (16:25) and even increased their advantage to 16 by halftime (40:56). In the third quarter, they have more or less calmly held their advantage in their hands and it seemed like they would calmly cruise towards the final victory, but Sloga fought back in the fourth quarter and cut the gap to only 2 points (83:85) midway through the fourth quarter. However, Pelister-Bitola replied with a 7:0 run and with 3 minutes and a half to go in the game, they were up again by 9 points (83:92), which was enough to say that these were the key moments on the way for Pelister-Bitola towards their win. Sloga did cut the gap again in the final seconds of the game to only 2 points, but never really managed to threaten to take the lead away from the Bitola squad.

In the end, Pelister-Bitola prevailed with the final score of 93:96.

Stats

Sloga
00:00 Q4
93 : 96
Pelister-Bitola

Players on court

SLG Min P R A S F V
1 Dunn Jr R. 18:30 8 2 3 0 2 7
3 Paunović Z. 28:51 11 4 3 1 1 10
16 Čekić E. 23:19 10 4 0 1 2 9
25 Simeunović Đ. 32:41 23 8 5 1 2 31
44 Stamenić J. 28:26 13 0 1 0 4 6
PEL Min P R A S F V
4 Stajic B. 27:31 5 2 4 4 2 7
7 Carpenter K. 37:21 26 7 5 2 2 31
13 Maslinko A. 35:18 19 4 2 0 3 20
14 Hadzifezovic S. 32:50 13 4 2 1 4 12
22 Caruthers D. 29:34 23 5 9 5 4 35

Last 5 actions

Min Score Action
game finished
end of 4. quarter
00:04 (Q4) DUNN JR R. missed 3 points (jump shot)
00:06 (Q4)93 : 96 4 STAJIC B. made free throw (2 of 2)
00:06 (Q4) 4 STAJIC B. missed free throw (1 of 2)
00:06 (Q4) DUNN JR R. substitution (in)

Top players

VALUE (INDEX)
Simeunović Đ. 31 - 35 Caruthers D.
POINTS
Simeunović Đ. 23 - 26 Carpenter K.
REBOUNDS
Underwood D. 9 - 7 Carpenter K.
ASSISTS
Underwood D. 6 - 9 Caruthers D.
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