Mladost Zemun pull off a major comeback to beat Helios Suns
Mladost Zemun scored a big win in their first ever ABA League 2 appearance as they managed to come back from a 16-point deficit and to beat Helios Suns.
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2020/21 ABA League 2 Regular Season, Round 1, Monday, 9 October, 2020:
Helios Suns - MLADOST ZEMUN 77:80 (19:16, 29:21, 12:25, 17:18)
Mladost Zemun scored a big win in their first ever ABA League 2 appearance as they managed to come back from a 16-point deficit and to beat Helios Suns.
With Blaž Mahkovic and Mihailo Sekulović on fire this evening, Helios Suns gained a 16-point lead in the 2nd quarter – 45:29, however Mladost Zemun managed to completely turn the things around in the 3rd quarter. Not just that the league newcomers have managed to melt the lead of their opponents, but they have actually managed to get in front by the end of the 3rd period – 62:60.
In a very close 4th quarter both sides had a chance to take the win. Mladost Zemun were up by 1 point – 78:77, with less than 20 seconds left on the game clock when one of the best players of Helios Suns from tonight’s game Mihailo Sekulović missed the key jumper for his team.
On the other side of the court Kwamain Mitchell made both free throws to increase the lead of Mladost Zemun to 80:77, while in the final seconds Helios Suns star player Blaž Mahkovic missed a very difficult 3-point shot and failed to take this game into overtime.
Stats
Players on court
| HEL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 9 | Bratec A. | 23:28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -6 |
| 10 | Oman U. | 33:15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Sekulović M. | 36:17 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| 21 | Mahkovic B. | 32:29 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 33 |
| 32 | Hirschmann A. | 23:32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| MLA | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Mitchell K. | 35:34 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 |
| 5 | Drechsel T. | 36:49 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Belić M. | 22:17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | Gombauld S. | 29:07 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 92 | Mitrović L. | 15:15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:00 (Q4) | 12 SEKULOVIĆ M. rebound (offensive) | |
| 00:00 (Q4) | 27 HIRSCHMANN A. turnover (other) | |
| 00:00 (Q4) | 27 HIRSCHMANN A. rebound (offensive) | |
| 00:00 (Q4) | 12 SEKULOVIĆ M. missed 2 points (layup) |
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Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Mahkovic B. | 33 | - | 30 | Mitchell K. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Mahkovic B. | 26 | - | 20 | Drechsel T. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Sekulović M. | 17 | - | 7 | Drechsel T. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Joseph K. | 4 | - | 9 | Mitchell K. |
