Igokea m:tel Down Cedevita Olimpija in Laktaši
In the Round 4 of the AdmiralBet ABA League Top 8 Round 4, Igokea m:tel have edged out Cedevita Olimpija at home road in Laktaši.
Igokea m:tel team (Photo: Igokea m:tel/Marija Vuruna)
AdmiralBet ABA League Top 8 Round 4, Sunday, 22 March 2028:
IGOKEA M:TEL – Cedevita Olimpija 81:77 (17:18, 17:26, 26:22, 21:11)
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POST-GAME COMMENTS
Game recap: In the Round 4 of the AdmiralBet ABA League Top 8 Round 4, Igokea m:tel have edged out Cedevita Olimpija at home road in Laktaši. This way, Igokea m:tel have raised their hopes of escaping the Play-in Zone at the end of the Top 8 stage of the competition, as they are now on a 9:11 record, with the same number of wins collected so far as Bosna BH Telecom and one less than U-BT Cluj-Napoca, with the latter two still having one and two more games to play, respectively, to have an equal number of games played so far. On the other side, Cedevita Olimpija, having played one game less than Igokea m:tel so far, are now on a 12:7 record, sitting comfortably at the 5th place in the standings.
Key moments: Cedevita Olimpija started the game in Laktaši in a better fashion, having won the first quarter 17:18 and dominated the second quarter completely in order to depart to the locker room for the big break with the double-digit advantage (34:44). It turned out later in the game, that this was not enough for a win, as Igokea m:tel have turned the game completely upside-down in the second half, cutting the gap to only 6 points by the end of the third quarter and even took the lead midway through the last quarter. The two sides entered the final 90 seconds of the game tied at 77:77, but that’s the moment since which Cedevita Olimpija simply did not manage to score anymore until the end of the game, while Igokea m:tel managed to put in 4 points. Perhaps the crucial moment was the steal by Nathaniel Pierre-Louis made when Igokea m:tel were on top by 2 points, after which Strahinja Gavrilović sealed the win with an easy lay-up.
Man of the match: Strahinja Gavrilović had a dominant performance for Igokea m:tel, leading them towards the win with 25 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and a valuation of 33 on his record. He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Igokea m:tel had 36 rebounds and Cedevita Olimpija only 31. That’s what turned the tide of the game Igokea’s way.
Stats
Players on court
| IGO | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 4 | Gavrilović S. | 23:02 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 |
| 11 | Pierre-Louis N. | 21:19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Lazić A. | 27:27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 |
| 14 | Rorie A. | 23:41 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Milosavljevic D. | 28:21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| COL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Gibson U. | 28:48 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 |
| 5 | Nikolić A. | 23:20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Houindo C. | 08:48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
| 16 | Ustun D. | 08:24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Hurt M. | 28:41 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:03 (Q4) | 13 LAZIĆ A. rebound (defensive) | |
| 00:05 (Q4) | 21 HURT M. missed 3 points (jump shot) | |
| 00:08 (Q4) | Timeout | |
| 00:08 (Q4) | 11 PIERRE-LOUIS N. assist |
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Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Gavrilović S. | 33 | - | 24 | Gibson U. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Gavrilović S. | 25 | - | 16 | Gibson U. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Gavrilović S. | 8 | - | 8 | Škara D. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Rorie A. | 5 | - | 5 | Gibson U. |
