MZT Skopje Aerodrom triumphed over Cibona in Jane Sandanski
In the opening game of the AdmiralBet ABA League Round 26, MZT Skopje Aerodrom have prevailed over Cibona at home in Jane Sandanski Arena in Skopje.
MZT Skopje Aerodrom team (Photo: MZT Skopje Aerodrom/Danail Petrovic)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 26, Friday, 14 April 2023:
MZT SKOPJE AERODROM - Cibona 87:74 (19:21, 22:32, 30:5, 16:16)
Game recap: In the opening game of the AdmiralBet ABA League Round 26, MZT Skopje Aerodrom have prevailed over Cibona at home in Jane Sandanski Arena in Skopje. This way, MZT Skopje Aerodrom have ended their regular season with a 7:19 record and they keep their chances of avoiding relegation to the NLB ABA League 2 open. All they need to find themselves in the AdmiralBet ABA League Qualifiers is Borac Mozzart to be defeated in Morača against Budućnost VOLI in their last game of the season. On the other side, Cibona have ended their AdmiralBet ABA League season on a 9:17 record, in the bottom half of the standings.
Key moments: Cibona have been the better of the two squads in the first half, in which they have prevailed with the score of 41:53. However, as the two squads have returned to the court in the second half, following the big break, MZT Skopje Aerodrom completely dominated the court, winning the third quarter alone 30:5, turning the game completely upside-down and they were ahead 71:58 before the start of the last quarter. As it turned out, these were the key moments of the game, as Cibona did not manage to bounce back again in the fourth period.
Man of the match: Michael Caffey has been the true floor general this time for MZT Skopje Aerodrom. He had 19 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, and a valuation of 25 on his record. He is our man of the match.
Can’t trick the stats: MZT Skopje Aerodrom have outrebounded Cibona 32:26 and this has been the key to their win this time.
Stats
Players on court
| MZT | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 0 | Krstevski B. | 12:36 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Caffey M. | 28:17 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Andonoski A. | 01:24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Robev D. | 04:36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Cook K. | 21:07 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| CIB | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Radovčić K. | 28:16 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Perasović I. | 07:29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Smajlagić S. | 27:48 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | Majcunić I. | 25:32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 98 | Ljubičić K. | 21:37 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:18 (Q4) | 0 KRSTEVSKI B. steal | |
| 00:18 (Q4) | 98 LJUBIČIĆ K. turnover (ballhandling) | |
| 00:29 (Q4) | (24sec) | |
| 00:52 (Q4) | 3 RADOVČIĆ K. assist |
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Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Caffey M. | 25 | - | 14 | Aranitović A. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Caffey M. | 19 | - | 13 | Aranitović A. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Abu A. | 7 | - | 6 | Vuković D. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Caffey M. | 7 | - | 6 | Radovčić K. |
