Borac Mozzart beat Helios Suns in Game 3 and secure their AdmiralBet ABA League spot
In the decisive third game of the Qualifying series for the 2023/24 season, Borac Mozzart have outgunned Helios Suns and secured their spot in the 2023/24 AdmiralBet ABA League season.
Borac Mozzart team (Photo: Borac Mozzart/Dusko Radisic)
2023/24 AdmiralBet ABA League Qualifiers, Round 3, Tuesday, 2 May 2023:
BORAC MOZZART - Helios Suns 97:67 (22:19, 14:13, 36:9, 25:26)
Game recap: In the decisive third game of the Qualifying series for the 2023/24 season, Borac Mozzart have outgunned Helios Suns and secured their spot in the 2023/24 AdmiralBet ABA League season. This way, Borac Mozzart have secured themselves a spot in the elite regional club competition for the fourth consecutive season. On the other side, Helios Suns will continue to compete in the NLB ABA League 2, through which they will try to reach the AdmiralBet ABA League in the forthcoming season.
Key moments: Borac Mozzart have been in front throughout basically the entire game, but still, the margin between the two squads has been only 4 points (36:32), as they headed for the big break. However, at the opening of the second half, Borac Mozzart went on a 34:7 run in the opening 9 minutes of the third quarter, that put them up by 31 points (70:39). The battle for a precious win was over at that point.
Man of the match: Hunter Hale led Borac Mozzart to the win when it mattered the most. In the crucial 3rd quarter he scored 5 three-pointers (7/10 in total in this game), and had 21 points in the third quarter alone, and has almost single-handedly taken Borac Mozzart far away in the scoreboard. In the end, he had 30 points, 5 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, and a valuation of 28 on his record. He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Borac have been the better of two squads in terms of rebounding, as they had 35 rebounds and Helios Suns 29. However, what was the key to their win was for sure the fact that they scored no less than 17 three-pointers (of which Hunter Hale alone had 7) out of 29 attempts (58.6%).
Stats
Players on court
| BOR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 4 | Ćurčić V. Đ. | 04:06 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Glišić M. | 03:13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 |
| 19 | Novaković A. | 27:52 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 44 | Čarapić U. | 18:12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | Hale H. | 30:29 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 28 |
| HEL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Luke A. | 27:34 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | Ferme T. | 23:33 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| 5 | Babič J. | 03:13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Tunstall Jr D. | 14:56 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 31 | Sirc L. | 04:06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:18 (Q4) | 13 LUKE A. assist | |
| 00:18 (Q4) | 97 : 67 | 11 TUNSTALL JR D. made 2 points (dunk) |
| 00:24 (Q4) | 11 TUNSTALL JR D. steal | |
| 00:24 (Q4) | 4 ĆURČIĆ V. Đ. turnover (ballhandling) |
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