FMP Soccerbet grab a valuable double-overtime road win in Novo mesto

AdmiralBet ABA League Round 8, Monday, 11 November 2024:

Krka – FMP SOCCERBET 106:109 (21:28, 20:24, 19:13, 26:21, 8:8, 12:15)

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Game recap: In the Round 8 of the AdmiralBet ABA League Regular Season, FMP Soccerbet have triumphed on the road in Leon Štukelj Sports Hall in Novo mesto against Krka. For the Panthers of Belgrade, this is the fourth win of the season and they will be positioned in the middle of the standings with a 4:4 record when Round 8 ends. On the other side, Krka are now on a 2:6 record after 8 rounds and they will have to keep struggling in order to keep away from the danger zone near the bottom of the standings.

Key moments: For the last time in the game, the two squads have been even in the 8th minute, when the score was 16:16, but that’s when FMP soccerbet pulld away to a 25:41 lead with a 9:25 run, that gave them the 16-point lead in the 14th minute of the game. 
Krka fought their way back in the game and even managed to tie the score with 3 and a half minutes to go in the game (78:78) and the game remained tight until the end. After Tayler Persons scored a three-pointer, the two teams entered the final minute separated by only 2 points (84:86) and the same player tied the game again with 25 seconds to go from the free-throw line (86:86). The game went into overtime and a double-overtime afterwards.

With 90 seconds to go in the second overtime, Matic Rebec scored an important three-pointer from long range, to take his team up by 3 points (102:105), and afterwars, Krka did not manage to get in front anymore. Jovan Novak set the final score from the free throw line, Jakob Čebašek had a chance to take the game into the third overtime on the other end, but his three-point shot attempt missed the target this time.

Man of the match: Danilo Tasić has had an exceptional performance for FMP Soccerbet, as he led the Belgrade squad to the big win in the end with 20 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds, and a valuation of 29 on his record. He is our man of the match.

Can’t trick the stats: FMP Soccerbet were the dominant force in the paint this time, as they had 42 rebounds and Krka only 34. This is what turned the flow of the game their way in the end