FMP Soccerbet win the city clash vs. Mega Superbet after a thrilling finish
FMP Soccerbet have prevailed over Mega Superbet in a thrilling ending in which the Panthers survived the last attempt of their city rivals to seize the victory.
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2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 17, Sunday, 19 January 2025:
FMP SOCCERBET – Mega Superbet 89:87 (20:26, 26:27, 18:17, 25:17)
Game recap: FMP Soccerbet have prevailed over Mega Superbet in a thrilling ending in which the Panthers survived the last attempt of their city rivals to seize the victory.
Mega Superbet had the ball possession at the score 89:87 for FMP Soccerbet, with 14 seconds remaining on the game clock, and the visiting side had their last chance to win the match. However, they did not even made a shot as Ilija Milijašević made a turnover as he lost control over the ball and it went out of bounds.
FMP Soccerbet have therefore ended their 4-game losing streak and they are now tied with Mega Superbet on the 2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League standings as both teams have the overall score of 8-9.
Key moments: FMP Soccerbet entered the 4th quarter down by 6 points – 64:70, but the Panthers then made a 10:1 run to take over the lead – 74:71.
FMP Soccerbet continued to push forward and they gained an 8-point lead – 89:81, with just one minute remaining on the game clock. Yet, Mega Superbet then almost pulled off one of the biggest comebacks of the season.
Mega Superbet made a 6:0 run in less than 30 seconds to reduce the gap to just 2 points – 89:87, while on the other side of the court FMP Soccerbet made a turnover and let the visiting side have one last chance to win the match.
We have already described everything that happened afterwards. Mega Superbet lost the ball before even taking the shot and the score remained 89:87 for FMP Soccerbet.
Match-up in focus: Filip Barna has played another great game this year as after scoring 21 points against Crvena zvezda Meridianbet, this evening he made 20 points to lead FMP Soccerbet toward the win.
Can’t trick the stats: FMP Soccerbet has won the battle inside the paint as the home team made 34 rebounds tonight, while Mega Superbet had just 22 rebounds in this match.
Stats
Players on court
| FMP | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Popović P. | 21:22 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Šaranović N. | 23:28 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | Simović R. | 23:43 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 73 | Lazarević S. | 29:17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 88 | Barna F. | 30:54 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| MEG | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Kondić K. | 28:16 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Marković B. | 32:37 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 27 |
| 10 | Milijašević I. | 20:33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 34 | Jović F. | 19:08 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 77 | Petrović M. | 20:44 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:02 (Q4) | Timeout | |
| 00:14 (Q4) | 77 PETROVIĆ M. steal | |
| 00:14 (Q4) | 3 POPOVIĆ P. turnover (bad pass) | |
| 00:34 (Q4) | 89 : 87 | 1 KONDIĆ K. made free throw (1of1) |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Barna F. | 21 | - | 27 | Marković B. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Barna F. | 20 | - | 25 | Kondić K. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Kuzmić O. | 8 | - | 9 | Marković B. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Popović P. | 5 | - | 5 | Marković B. |
