Budućnost VOLI too strong for Krka
Budućnost VOLI have outgunned Krka in Round 3 on home court in Morača Sports Hall.
McKinley Wright (Photo: Buducnost VOLI/Filip Filipovic)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 3, Saturday, 14 October 2023:
BUDUĆNOST VOLI - Krka 82:69 (24:20, 21:14, 19:23, 18:12)
Game recap: Budućnost VOLI have outgunned Krka in Round 3 on home court in Morača Sports Hall. This means, that the Podgorica squad remain undefeated this season in the AdmiralBet ABA League and will be placed in a group of teams that will be occupying the very top of the standings after 3 rounds of the Regular Season. On the other side, this is the second defeat in a row for Krka, following their Round 1 win on the road against FMP Soccerbet and they will be placed in the bottom half of the standings after 3 rounds.
Key moments: Budućnost VOLI have been the stronger of the two opponents since the start of the game. They won the first quarter by 4 points (24:20), but the decisive moments came in the second quarter, when they went on a 19:5 run between 11th and 19th minute of the game, which put them up by 18 points (45:27). Krka did try their best to fight back, but were simply too far away from Budućnost VOLI in order to successfully complete an attempted comeback.
Man of the match: McKinley Wright proved himself to be a proper floor general for Budućnost VOLI, as he led them to the win over Krka with 17 points, 5 assists, 4 steals, and a valuation of 21 on his record. He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Budućnost VOLI were better than Krka in field goal percentage (44.6% vs. 38.7%), which helped them overcome the visiting side despite the fact that Krka won the rebounding battle 29:38.
Stats
Players on court
| BUD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Magee F. | 08:34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Makoundou Y. | 23:23 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 25 | Wright IV M. | 24:44 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 30 | Popović P. | 21:24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| KRK | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Hamilton J. | 31:12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | Stergar L. | 28:14 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | Cerkvenik M. | 35:46 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 17 | Špan J. | 36:19 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 34 | Macura J. | 23:35 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:13 (Q4) | MAKOUNDOU Y. assist | |
| 00:13 (Q4) | 82 : 69 | 3 MAGEE F. made 3 points (jump shot) |
| 00:14 (Q4) | MAKOUNDOU Y. rebound (offensive) | |
| 00:17 (Q4) | 25 WRIGHT IV M. missed 3 points (jump shot) |
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Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Wright IV M. | 21 | - | 18 | Cerkvenik M. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Wright IV M. | 17 | - | 17 | Stergar L. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Williams J. | 7 | - | 11 | Cerkvenik M. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Wright IV M. | 5 | - | 11 | Špan J. |
