EXCITING MATCH IN HALL OF SPORTS, MEGA IN THE FINISH DROPPED THE VICTORY AGAINST PARTIZAN

An exciting match in the Hall of sports, Mega was left without a victory in the last two minutes!

Mega Soccerbet in an exciting finish lost to Partizan NIS with 88:98 (23:30, 32:23, 15:22, 18:23) in the game of the 23rd round of the ABA league, which was full of turning points. Coach Vladimir Jovanovic’s team managed to turn minus 10 in two minutes until the end with a series of 15:3 in a game that was played without the presence of the audience in the Hall of sports Ranko Zeravica, but Partizan managed to regain the advantage through a series of Jaramaz points and eventually come to victory.

The most efficient in the ranks of Mega are Filip Petrusev with 21 points and Dayshon Smith with 18. In the Partizan, Ognjen Jaramaz stood out with 22 points and Nemanja Dangubic with 20.

After 23 rounds of the ABA league, Mega Soccerbet has 14 wins and 9 defeats, while Partizan NIS has a score of 9-13. In the next round on Sunday, April 4, at 12 o’clock, Mega Soccerbet will play against Buducnost VOLI in Podgorica.

Mega started the match with the following five: Smith, Cazalon, Momirov, Simonovic, Petrusev. Mega’s better game at the beginning of the match, which leads 10:6 from the paint and with one triple by Simonovic. Dangubic ties eight points for the visiting team, which takes the lead. Smith manages to break through the paint twice with a good assist for dunk of Petrusev, but Paige with three threes at the end of the quarter gives Partizan an advantage of 23:30 after 10 minutes of play.

Great start to the second quarter for Mega, who, with the good roles of Momirov and Cerovina, make the overall series 16:0 for the lead of Mega 37:30. Partizan returns to the game with threes, Cerovina hits a new lay-up, but due to three personal foul, he goes to the bench. On the other side, Dangubic continues to score for the guests, and with his points from the counter, Partizan regains the lead 43:44 in four minutes until the end of the second quarter. A great answer by Mega followed after the time-out of Jovanovic, where Smith and Petrušsv hit from the paint, and after two blocks by Matković, Cazalon dunked in the counter for 49:44 for Mega. Partizan equalizes at the end of the half, the big problem is the fourth personal foul for the Matkovic who played very good, but Smith in the last seconds finds Simonovic for a strong dunk for 53:51 for Mega at half time.

With the triples of Jaramaz and Trifunovic, Partizan reaches plus five at the beginning of the third quarter. Momirov hits an important three-pointer and then Smith scored of the glass for  64:65. After one duel under Mega’s basket, the referees called Simonović’s fourth personal foul. After Matković’s dunk, Mega approached to one point behind, but due to the award of a technical foul and thus the fifth personal foul he went to the bench. The finish of the quarter belonged to Partizan, so the result before the last 10 minutes is 70:75.

In the six minutes until the end, Partizan had a plus 10, but Smith answered with a triple and a plus one for 79:83. Jaramaz hits a three-pointer for Partizan, but Mega does not give up. Tepic’s two baskets, Miskovic’s dunk and Petrusev’s triple, so Mega leads 88:86 with two minutes until the end. Mosley equalizes with a dunk, and after Mega’s miss and foul on him, he hits the first free throw, misses the second, but Partizan catches an offensive rebound and Jaramaz hits a three-pointer for 88:92 with minute until the end. By the end of the match, Mega had one miss and two turnovers, so in the end, Partizan celebrated with 88:98.

Mega Soccerbet: Miskovic 4, Smith 18 (8 assists), Petrusev 21 (9 rebounds), Tepic 4, Kljajevic, Momirov 7, Simonovic 14 (6 rebounds), Cerovina 8, Matkovic 6 (7 rebounds), Cazalon 6, Langovic.

Partizan NIS: Mika 10, Paige 9, Dangubic 20, Stefanovic, Jaramaz 22, Velickovic, Perkins 3, Jankovic 2, Thomas 10 (12 rebounds), Trifunovic 11, Mosley 11.

Photo: Mega Soccerbet/Ivica Veselinov