Crvena zvezda Meridianbet storm past Zadar to get their 17th win of the season
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet seized a pretty easy win over Zadar in Round 20 of the 2023/24 AdmiralBet ABA League regular season.
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2023/24 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 20, Sunday, 11 February 2024:
CRVENA ZVEZDA MERIDIANBET - Zadar 93:54 (31:12, 22:10, 20:18, 20:14)
Game recap: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet seized a pretty easy win over Zadar in Round 20 of the 2023/24 AdmiralBet ABA League regular season.
The red-and-whites have therefore kept their distance from the other pretenders to the top spot in the regular season. Crvena zvezda Meridianbet now have the overall score of 17-3 and they still have 2 wins more than Budućnost VOLI and 3 wins more than Partizan Mozzart Bet and Cedevita Olimpija.
On the other side, Zadar will try to forget this game as soon as possible. Yet, despite a heavy defeat, the blue-and-whites are still inside the Playoffs zone as with the overall score of 11-9 they are sharing the 5th place on the standings with Igokea m:tel.
Key moments: From the very start it was clear that this game was going to be a one-way street. Crvena zvezda Meridianbet gained a 19-point lead already by the end of the 1st quarter, while the home team went on to increase the gap to almost 40+ points by the end of the game.
Zadar simply had no chance in Belgrade this evening.
Man of the match: Yago dos Santos once again used his minutes on court in the best possible way. Crvena zvezda Meridianbet point guard made 13 points and 6 assists, while his overall index rating was 17.
Can’t trick the stats: When you have a 39-point gap at the end of the match, there is no point talking about any stats differences. But, we should mention that Zadar had a simply awful shooting night as they were 3/27 (11.1%) for 3 points tonight.
Stats
Players on court
| CZV | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Smart J. | 24:33 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Lazarević S. | 21:04 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Hanga A. | 20:46 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Mitrović L. | 20:31 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 22 | Ilić D. | 11:34 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| ZAD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 7 | Vujačić P. | 20:19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -9 |
| 14 | Mazalin L. | 26:13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 22 | Jambrović P. | 08:17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 24 | Drežnjak D. | 26:56 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | Božić L. | 40:00 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:05 (Q4) | 22 JAMBROVIĆ P. steal | |
| 00:05 (Q4) | 9 MITROVIĆ L. turnover (bad pass) | |
| 00:26 (Q4) | 9 MITROVIĆ L. rebound (defensive) | |
| 00:26 (Q4) | 24 DREŽNJAK D. missed free throw (2 of 2) |
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Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Smart J. | 17 | - | 22 | Božić L. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Smart J. | 15 | - | 16 | Božić L. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Mitrović L. | 8 | - | 7 | Žganec K. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Dos Santos Y. | 6 | - | 4 | Božić L. |
