Partizan Mozzart Bet beat Budućnost VOLI on the road and secued first place in Regular Season

Friday, 21. April 2023 at 19:00

In the previously postponed game of the AdmiralBet ABA League Round 22, Partizan Mozzart Bet have prevailed over Budućnost VOLI on the road in Podgorica and secured themselves the first place after the end of Regular Season.

Dante Exum, Mathias Lessort (Photo: Buducnost VOLI/Filip Roganovic)

AdmiralBet ABA League Round 22, Friday, 21 April 2023:

Budućnost VOLI - PARTIZAN MOZZART BET 82:83 (15:19, 16:22, 25:18, 26:24)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: In the previously postponed game of the AdmiralBet ABA League Round 22, Partizan Mozzart Bet have prevailed over Budućnost VOLI on the road in Podgorica. With this triumph, the Belgrade black and white squad have secured themselves the first place in the AdmiralBet ABA League Regular Season, as they now hold 2 wins more in their hands than Crvena zvezda Meridianbet, which have only one game left to play. Partizan Mozzart Bet finished the Regular Season in the first place with the record of 24:2 and will face SC Derby in the Quarterfinals, while Budućnost VOLI finished second with a record of 18:8 and will face Mega MIS in the Quarterfinal series.

Key moments: Budućnost VOLI were the ones to open the game in a more successful fashion than the visiting side, as they have been in front 4:0 in the second minute and 6:2 in the third. For the last time, they have been ahead in the fifth minute (8:5), but that’s when Partizan Mozzart Bet went on a 6:0 run to take the lead. They have remained slightly in front all until the 12th minute, with their 17:21 advantage. Partizan Mozzart Bet went on to dominate the second quarter and step-by-step, with an 18:8 run, they took the 14-point lead (25:39) with a bit less than 2 minutes to go in the first half. It seemed like this would be the key, but Budućnost VOLI bounced back in the second half and when Erick Green scored a three-pointer with 7 minutes to go in the game, he took his team ahead again (63:62). However, it remained anybody’s game all until the final moments. Partizan Mozzart Bet entered the final 32 seconds with a one-point lead and their ball possession. Dante Exum has found Mathias Lessort in the paint and the latter scored a bucket, while drawing a foul! One possession later, Zach LeDay scored a free-throw to put Partizan Mozzart Bet up by 4 points (78:82) and with 10 seconds to go, it seemed like the black and white have secured themselves a win. However, Erick Green made a four-point play with 3 seconds to go to tie the game at 82:82. Everyone was waiting for overtime, but Kevin Punter has drawn a foul on the other side and converted one of two free throws, that set the final score of the game.

Man of the match: Mathias Lessort led Partizan Mozzart Bet to the win with yet another excellent performance. He had 13 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal, and a valuation of 19 on his record. He is our man of the match!

Can’t trick the stats: Even though the teams were similar in majority of the statistical categories, which is natural, given the final result, Partizan Mozzart Bet have earned themselves a win with teamwork, as they had 14 assists and Budućnost VOLI only 7. This also resulted in a better field-goal shooting percentage, where Partizan Mozzart Bet had 52.9% accuracy and Budućnost VOLI 48.3%.

Stats

Budućnost VOLI
00:00 Q4
82 : 83
Partizan Mozzart Bet

Players on court

BUD Min P R A S F V
2 Bell Haynes T. 26:57 12 2 3 0 4 5
17 O'Brien J. 24:20 4 3 1 1 2 6
21 Jagodić Kuridža M. 15:26 5 2 0 0 4 4
30 Popović P. 20:10 8 2 0 1 2 2
32 Green II E. 33:40 31 3 2 1 1 34
PAR Min P R A S F V
2 LeDay Z. 31:49 12 9 2 1 4 16
4 Avramović A. 18:44 8 3 3 1 3 11
7 Punter K. 30:35 14 0 4 1 0 15
11 Exum D. 21:30 5 3 4 0 1 10
26 Lessort M. 25:56 13 7 0 1 3 19

Last 5 actions

Min Score Action
game finished
end of 4. quarter
00:01 (Q4) 30 POPOVIĆ P. missed 3 points (jump shot)
00:01 (Q4)82 : 83 7 PUNTER K. made free throw (2 of 2)
00:01 (Q4) 7 PUNTER K. missed free throw (1 of 2)
00:01 (Q4) 32 GREEN II E. substitution (in)

Top players

VALUE (INDEX)
Green II E. 34 - 19 Lessort M.
POINTS
Green II E. 31 - 14 Punter K.
REBOUNDS
Kaba A. 8 - 9 LeDay Z.
ASSISTS
Bell Haynes T. 3 - 4 Punter K.
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