Koper Primorska made another major step toward the 2020 ABA Playoffs

Sunday, 02. February 2020 at 11:59

The Tigers have defeated Mega Bemax at home court in Round 18 of the 2019/20 ABA League regular season.

Nejc Baric (Photo: Koper Primorska/Ziga Mikeli)

ABA League Round 18, Sunday, 2.2.2020:

KOPER PRIMORSKA - Mega Bemax 93:87 (15:25, 28:17, 25:20, 25:25)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: Koper Primorska have made another major step toward the 2020 ABA Playoffs as they defeated Mega Bemax at home court in Round 18 of the 2019/20 ABA League regular season. The Tigers had a slow start and they were down by 10 points already at the end of the 1st quarter – 15:25. However, that is when the home team initiated the comeback. Koper Primorska scored 28 points in the 2nd quarter and they have taken over the lead already until the halftime – 43:42. In a thrilling 2nd half, the Tigers had more concentration in key moments and they seized this valuable win.

Koper Primorska now have the overall score of 11-7, while Mega Bemax are at 4-14.

Key moments: Mega Bemax were up by 76:75 in the middle of the 4th quarter. But, then Koper Primorska made the crucial 8:0 run to take over the lead once again and to escape on a safe 7-point distance – 83:76. Mega Bemax tried to make a late comeback and their starting center Marko Simonović made both free throws to reduce the gap to 5 points – 83:78, however then Koper Primorska forward Aleksandar Lazić made the key 3-pointer at the shot-clock buzzer to seal the win for the home team – 86:78.

Man of the match: Nejc Barič was just brilliant today. The starting point guard of Koper Primorska scored 24 points, had 7 rebounds and 5 assists, while his overall index rating was 31.

Can’t trick the stats: Mega Bemax conceded just 15 points in the 1st quarter, but after that they conceded 78 points combined in the other 3 quarters. Simply, their defense stopped working after the opening 10 minutes.

Stats

Koper Primorska
00:00 Q4
93 : 87
Mega MIS

Players on court

PRI Min P R A S F V
4 Gibbs S. 25:07 23 2 0 1 2 16
9 Barič N. 28:34 24 7 5 1 3 31
13 Lazić A. 15:59 7 1 0 0 3 4
20 Hodžić A. 33:47 19 8 3 1 2 19
33 Luković M. 30:26 8 11 0 0 3 10
MEG Min P R A S F V
1 Mišković N. 27:31 16 5 0 1 4 14
3 Perry K. 35:09 22 9 6 1 3 27
6 Marjanović A. 00:26 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Simonović M. 23:56 10 9 0 0 4 12
77 Mesiček B. 28:44 13 0 2 2 3 13

Last 5 actions

Min Score Action
game finished
end of 4. quarter
00:01 (Q4) 55 PERRY K. missed 3 points (jump shot)
00:03 (Q4)93 : 87 4 GIBBS S. made free throw (2 of 2)
00:03 (Q4)92 : 87 4 GIBBS S. made free throw (1 of 2)
00:03 (Q4) 11 SIMONOVIĆ M. substitution (in)

Top players

VALUE (INDEX)
Barič N. 31 - 27 Perry K.
POINTS
Barič N. 24 - 22 Perry K.
REBOUNDS
Luković M. 11 - 9 Perry K.
ASSISTS
Barič N. 5 - 6 Perry K.
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