MEGA CHARACTER AND INCREDIBLE REVERSAL FOR WIN IN ZADAR

After the incredible reversal in the finish Mega Bemax won in Zadar with 80:84 (27:15, 14:22, 24:18, 15:29) within the 7th round of the ABA league. Players of coach Dejan Milojevic came up to the 6th win in the season after returning from a doble-digit deficit, which was 14 points, several times, in order to win the match in the last 2 minutes after a great finish ans series 0:12. The coach of Mega Bemax at this match could not count on injured Branislav Ratkovica.
 
The best in the ranks of Mega Bemax were Kostja Mushidi with 18 points and Goga Bitadze with 13 with 11 rebounds, but in the finish were great Miskovic and Marjanovic who scored the key points in the reversal. Mario Little scored 22 points in Zadar.

Mega Bemax is currently the first in the ABA league standings with a score of 6-1 while Zadar has 2 wins and 5 losses. In the next round on Sunday, November 18, at 5 pm, Mega Bemax is visiting Krka.

Dejan Milojević started the match with Asceric, Mokoka, Mushidi, Fundic and Bitadze. Zadar starts the match better and the result is 9:2 after 3 minutes for the home team. The series of guests interrupted Mokoka, but the problem for Mega is the 2nd personal foul of Bitadze, which is why he went to the bench. Fundic is excellent in rebiuunding on both sides and does not allow the home team to get bigger advantage. Still, Little binds two triples for Zadar, which comes to plus 14, 27:13, so that the first quarter ends with the heavy layup of Carapic for 27:15.

Good defense at the beginning of the second quarter for Mega so the advantage of Zadar was cut to 27:20. However, the home team manages to return the double-digit advantage, 33:23. Mokoka and Bitadze scired and then a series of points from difficult positions hits Mushidi. Bitadze gets a third foul but Mega’s defense is at the top of the task and the first half ends with the dunk of Atic for 41:37.
 
Bitadze opens the second half with, but also witb 4th personal foul. Mega with three pointer of Mushidi and lay up ofFundic went down to minus 2 however, there followed a better game of the home team and the difference began to grow. The fall in the game of Mega is felt, Zadar arrives to a plus 12 and the result before the last 10 minutes is 65:55.
 
Mega with series of points downed the minus to only 3 points, 68:65, but the guests punished bad rebounding of Mega and slowly were going the win. With 2 minutes to the and 80:72 for Zadar, the incredible Mega’s series started. Miskovic hits three pointer and then dunkss, so that after another great defense of Mega, Bitadze was fouled and hit both free throws, 80:79 for Zadar with minute to the end. After a time-out, Mokoka steals the ball, and Marjanovic dunks in the counter attaxk for the first lead of Mega on the match, 80:81. Another great defense of Mega, Atic is fouled, misses both free throws, Mokoka grabbed offensive rebound, and puts Marjanovic on the podium who hit lay up for plus one for final 80:84 and the great celebration of Mega on court. 

Zadar: Grent 8, Bašić 7, Marić, Megeriti 7, Krajina 8, Vuković 2, Brzoja 7, Špralja 6, Tomas, Litl 22, Božić 13, Planinić. 

Mega Bemax: Mušidi 18, Janjić, Marjanović 5, Ašćerić 7, Mišković 7 (6 skokova), Čarapić 9, Atić 7, Bitadze 13 (11 skokova, 3 blokade), Koprivica, Mokoka 10, Fundić 6, Stanić 2.

Photo: Zadar/Zvonko Kucelin