Budućnost VOLI grab second big win in a row
After rolling over Mornar-Barsko zlato on the road in Bar in Round 1 of the AdmiralBet ABA League Regular Season, Budućnost VOLI have done the same on home court in Round 2 against Split.
Rasheed Sulaimon (Photo: Buducnost VOLI/Filip Roganovic)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 2, Saturday, 28 September 2024:
BUDUĆNOST VOLI – Split 97:75 (33:13, 26:27, 19:14, 19:21)
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POST-GAME COMMENTS
Game recap: After rolling over Mornar-Barsko zlato on the road in Bar in Round 1 of the AdmiralBet ABA League Regular Season, Budućnost VOLI have done the same on home court in Round 2 against Split. This way Budućnost VOLI have, after dominating the Morača court all game long, risen up to a 2:0 record after 2 rounds played and will stand atop of the standings of the regional competition after Round 2. On the other side, for Split this is the second defeat in the opening two rounds and this will put them on the bottom of the standings, together with a couple of other squads.
Key moments: The squad, led from the bench by head coach Andrej Žakelj wasted no time and went off to a flying start, winning the opening quarter by no less than 20 points with an exceptional scoring performance. They have been up 33:13 after 10 minutes of play and this is when it became apparent, that Budućnost VOLI would grab a couple of points this time as well.
Man of the match: Rasheed Sulaimon simply shined for Budućnost VOLI this time, as he led them towards a new convincing win. He had 21 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and a valuation of 29 on his record. He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Field goal percentage, rebounding, passing… You name it! Budućnost VOLI have been atop of basically every single statistical category in this game and fully deserved their win in the end.
Stats
Players on court
| BUD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 2 | Ilić A. | 05:50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ferrell Jr K. | 22:56 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 13 | Jovanović Đ. | 13:31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Drežnjak M. | 18:20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 27 | Azubuike U. | 21:05 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| SPL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 2 | Shorter S. | 36:58 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Jordano A. | 22:43 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Kučić V. | 20:48 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 24 | Škara D. | 27:26 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 40 | Benson B. | 22:57 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:17 (Q4) | 97 : 75 | 10 KUČIĆ V. made free throw (1of1) |
| 00:17 (Q4) | 10 KUČIĆ V. foul on | |
| 00:17 (Q4) | 27 AZUBUIKE U. foul (personal) | |
| 00:17 (Q4) | 97 : 74 | 10 KUČIĆ V. made 2 points (floatingjump shot) |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Sulaimon R. | 29 | - | 14 | Kučić V. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Sulaimon R. | 21 | - | 15 | Škara D. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Azubuike U. | 10 | - | 8 | Benson B. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Sulaimon R. | 5 | - | 4 | Shorter S. |
