MEGA WITH 101 POINTS TO FIRST PLACE

Mega Leks have extended their record streak in the ABA league since in the inaugural match of the 8th round ABA league convincingly won against Sutjeska with 101:72 (15:12, 32:23, 23:19, 31:18), and got up for now to the first place on the table. Before the match, a minute of silence was honored the late legendary basketball coach Ranko Zeravica. The injured for this match were Rade Zagorac and Alpha Kaba.

Dejan Milojevic started the match with the following five: Jaramaz, Aranitovic, Luwawu-Cabarrot, Nikolic and Jankovic. Start the match did not promise an efficient game since after 6 minutes, the score was 6: 7. In the mood was Ivanovic with 7 poin. After the first quarter score was 15:12.

The beginning of the second quarter was marked by Samardziski with several points and Simeunovic with fantastic dunk but then with two triples from Luwawu-Cabarrot and one from Ivanovic, Mega came to plus 15, 41:26. Sutjeska managed to reduce to 8 points difference at the half was ended with 47:35 after a great floater from Ivanovic.

The second half began with his score seesaw but good cooperation between players in the paint Jankovic and Nikolic has resulted in several easy points for Mega. Sutjeska managed to reduce to 9 points difference but the answer came in the form of triple of Aranitovic so in the last 10 minutes Mega went from plus 16, 70:54.

In the last quarter of the Mega cracked again and was seen several attractive moves like ramps of Luwawu-Cabarrot. By the end of the match the advantage magnified and in finish are reservists get the chance and they justified it and eventually reached the final score 101: 72.

After the 8th round, Mega has a score of 6 wins and 2 losses and currently holds the first position in the standings, while Sutjeska has 2 victory. In the next round on November 8th Mega plays in Zagreb against Cedevita.

Mega Leks: Simic 4 points, Aranitović 7 points and 3 assists, Djokovic 3 assists, Jaramaz 6 points and 3 rebounds, Veljkovic 4 points, Ivanovic 25 points and 4 assists (index 31), Samardziski 14 points and 5 rebounds, Pavlovic 2 points, Luwawu-Cabarrot 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Simeunovic 5 points and 4 rebounds, Nikolic 6 points and 5 rebounds, Jankovic 16 points and 7 rebounds.

Sutjeska: Pavlicevic 17, Kruscic, Kovac, Calasan 8, Albijanic 6, Spasojevic 12, Korac, Pavic 6, Vranjes 19, Salic 4.

Nikola Ivanovic: “We finally played a large part of the match with quality. Sincere congratulations to my teammates and the whole team, because we are finally in addition to good defence played good attack. The fact is that through good defense build our result, but this time we are satisfied up in both directions . Sutjeska is a newcomer in the league, and we have taken the role of the favorite and did our jobs properly. Now we can celebrate and are happy, but starting tomorrow, we maximally concentrate on the next match against Cedevita”.

Dejan Milojevic: “From the first to the last minute, we are very serious against opponents, because I admire Sutjesks and his work, my colleague Dubljević. Some matches are unhappily lost and I’m sure they had a little more luck to be had and you win more. I was able to warn my team that we are hosting the quality opponent and if we did our best and if we do not play maximum in defense, we can have a lot of problems. Players have responded to that phenomenaly. The defense was the key to this triumph. The fact is that we have given 100 points, but all of these points resulted from good defense. In the next game we play against Cedevita, which is certainly a favorite, and better team than us, but basketball is a beautiful sport because you do not always win quality “.

Photo: Mega Leks