FMP Soccerbet pull off late comeback to beat Spartak Office Shoes at home

2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 19, Saturday, 1 February 2025:

FMP SOCCERBET – Spartak Office Shoes 89:88 (21:17, 23:25, 19:23, 26:23)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: FMP Soccerbet prevailed over Spartak Office Shoes in Round 19 of the 2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League regular season, after pulling off a major comeback late in the game.

The Panthers were down by 8 points – 77:85, with 3 minutes left on the game clock, while they then made the key 12:0 run to seize the big win – 89:85. In the final moments of the game, Spartak Office Shoes player Kaza Kajami-Keane made a half-court 3-pointer, but only to reduce the gap in the final score – 89:88 for FMP Soccerbet.

FMP Soccerbet have therefore rejoined the Playoffs race as they now have the overall score of 9-10. On the other side, Spartak office Shoes are still inside the Playoffs zone, but they are now just one win in front of FMP Soccerbet as the Subotica team have the overall score of 10-9.

Key moments: FMP Soccerbet pulled off a major comeback in the final 3 minutes of the game to seize this win. We have already mentioned that they were down by 77:85, while then Filip Barna and Stefan Lazarević made two free throws each to reduce the gap to just 4 points – 81:85.

On the other side, Kaza Kajami-Keane was doing everything wrong for Spartak Office Shoes. He missed two 2-pointers, made an offensive foul and then made a half-court violation, therefore ruining 4 offensive plays of his team.

And, FMP Soccerbet knew how to punish those mistakes. Joshua Scot made a long 2-pointer for 83:85, while then Stefan Lazarević made two more free throws to tie the score – 85:85.

Finally, Joshua Scott made the clutch lay-up just 15 seconds before the end of the match to put the home team in front – 87:85. Spartak Office Shoes tried to respond, but Dalibor Ilić missed both free throws that could have tied the score.

In the remaining time, Joshua Scott made both free throws for 89:85, while in the last second of the match Kaza Kajami-Keane made a half-court 3-pointer, but only to reduce the final margin – 89:88.

Man of the match: Filip Barna has had his third 20+ points game in the last 5 rounds! This evening, FMP Soccerbet forward made 23 points, while his overall index rating was 27.

Can't trick the stats: At the end, that 12:0 run that the home team made in the final 3 minutes of the 4^th quarter decided the winner. Spartak Office Shoes made series of mistakes in that period, while FMP Soccerbet used them to turn the things in their favor.