Topić and Plavšić lead Mega MIS toward big home-court win vs. Zadar
Mega MIS seized their 3rd win of the season as they defeated Zadar in Belgrade.
Nikola Topic (Photo: ABA League j.t.d./Dragana Stjepanovic)
2023/24 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 6, Sunday, 5 November 2023:
MEGA MIS - Zadar 91:81 (26:17, 25:18, 15:26, 25:20)
Game recap: Mega MIS seized their 3rd win of the season as they defeated Zadar in Belgrade.
The Pink troops were involved in another basketball thriller in the ongoing season. The two sides were all tied at 75:75, with three-and-a-half minutes left on the game clock. But, then Mega MIS made the key 12:1 run to gain a double-digit lead – 87:76 and to seal the win in this match.
The home-team heroes in this match were young Nikola Topić who scored 27 points and recorded 10 assists, and big guy Uroš Plavšić who made 23 points with the perfect shooting percentage from a 2-point range – 11/11.
Mega MIS and Zadar now have the same overall score as both teams are at 3-3 after the opening 6 rounds in the 2023/24 AdmiralBet ABA League regular season.
Key moments: That 12:1 run made by Mega MIS in the final minutes of the game definitely decided the winner, while it is worth mentioning that their two best players in this match Topić & Plavšić scored all 12 points for the Pink squad during that run. Topić scored 8 out of those 12 points, while Plavšić made the remaining 4.
Man of the match: We are really running out of words to describe the performance of Mega MIS 18-year-old wonderkid Nikola Topić in the ongoing season. Today, Topić recorded his Admiral Bet ABA League career-high 41 index rating, while he almost completed a triple-double achievement as he finished the game with 27 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds.
Can't trick the stats: Mega MIS won the battle inside the paint today as they made 8 rebounds more than Zadar in this game. Apart from that, it is worth mentioning the 2-point shooting percentage of the home team which was 65.7% today.
Stats
Players on court
| MEG | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 4 | Jelavić A. | 23:11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Ilyasoglu O. | 24:48 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | Đurišić N. | 29:18 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 33 | Plavšić U. | 25:40 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| 44 | Topić N. | 36:41 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 41 |
| ZAD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 7 | Vujačić P. | 09:42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | Žganec K. | 31:55 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 22 | Jambrović P. | 03:39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Božić L. | 34:08 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 46 | Ramljak M. | 37:12 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Topić N. | 41 | - | 25 | Božić L. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Topić N. | 27 | - | 26 | Drežnjak D. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Jelavić A. | 8 | - | 9 | Božić L. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Topić N. | 10 | - | 5 | Lakić A. |
