WEAK 3 POINT SHOT FOR MEGA’S DEFEAT IN SPLIT, GREAT ABA DEBUT FOR JOVIC

Weak shot for three of Mega for defeat in Split!

Mega Soccerbet lost in the game of the 22nd round of the ABA league on road against Split with 74:65 (24:30, 18:10, 18:17, 14:8). Coach Vladimir Jovanovic’s team played an excellent first quarter in the Small Hall of BC Split when they scored 30 points, but a weak shot for 3 points (2 out of 22) and several missed free throws in the last quarter cost them too much, so the home team recorded a triumph .

The most efficient in the ranks of Mega were Filip Petrusev with 22 points and Marko Simonović with 15. After the debut for the first team in the Radivoj Korac Cup, Nikola Jović (17) recorded his first minutes in the ABA league, who played a great match and in 21 minute had 10 points and nine rebounds for a  index of 23. Roko Leni Ukić was unstoppable in Split with 29 points.

After 22 rounds of the ABA league, Mega Soccerbet has 14 wins and eight losses, while Split has a score of 7-15. In the next round, on Sunday, March 28, at 12 o’clock, Mega Soccerbet will host Partizan NIS in the Hall of sports Ranko Zeravica.

Mega started the match with the following five: Smith, Tepic, Jovic, Simonovic, Petrusev. Jovic records his first minutes in the ABA league, hitting the lay-up under the foul at the start of the game. Split takes the lead with points from a long range, but Petrusev and Jovic return the equalizer from the paint. The game is played in series, Lukovic with five tied points brings plus five to Split, and Mega immediately responded with a series of 0:9 for a lead of 16:20. Mega again manages to respond immediately to the run of Split, with great dunks of Matković for 21:28, and the result after the first quarter is 24:30.

Excellent cooperation between Smith and Petrusev at the beginning of the second quarter for the 14th point of the Mega’s center. A few empty minutes of Mega in the attack followed, Split came close to 32:34, but Mega kept the lead with a good defense. There were a lot of misses on both sides, so the result of 34:36 remained unchanged for some time. The finish of the halftime belonged to the home team, which with Lukovic’s triple lead 42:40 after 20 minutes of play.

Jovic tied a mid-range FG and a triple for Mega’s lead at the beginning of the third quarter, but Split returned the advantage to 55:51 with two triples. Mega kept Split without points for more than four minutes, only to take the lead with Simonovic’s points. However, the lack of concentration in the finish of the quarter Split punished through Ukic, so the result before the last quarter is 60:57.

Missed free throws and shots for three points of Mega home team manages to punish and reach plus 8, 67:59. For more than five minutes, Mega kept the home team without points after that, but on the other hand, in the attack, Mega did not manage to materialize it enough, as it reached a maximum of four points gap on two occasions. The home team managed to punish two offensive fouls of Mega set the final score of 74:65 with the points of Ukic and Lukovic.

Split: Djokovic 11, Perkovic 5, Gizdavcic, Perasovic 2, Kedzo, Ukic 29, Marcinkovic 9, Campara, Babic, Vrankovic, Lukovic 16, Maric 2.

Mega Soccerbet: Jovic 10 (9 rebounds, index 23), Miskovic, Smith 4 (8 assists), Petrusev 22 (7 rebounds), Tepic 2, Kljajevic, Momirov 2, Simonovic 15 (11 rebounds), Cerovina, Matkovic 6, Cazalon 4, Langovic.

Photo: KK Split/Ivica Cavka