Red-hot Fedor Žugić led Budućnost VOLI toward a comfortable win against Cibona

ABA League Round 8, Sunday, 22 November 2020:

BUDUĆNOST VOLI - Cibona 87:68 (26:17, 27:14, 20:20, 14:17)

PHOTO GALLERY

POST-GAME COMMENTS

Story of the game: In their first ABA League game in almost a month, Budućnost VOLI scored a comfortable win against Cibona in Podgorica. Recall that Budućnost VOLI had to skip the previous 3 rounds of the regular season due to multiple confirmed COVID-19 cases in the team, but this evening they showed that the long break did not affect the team. The blue-and whites have been in front from the start to the finish and they managed to keep their perfect score in the 2020/21 ABA League campaign.

Budućnost VOLI now have the overall score of 5-0, while Cibona are at 2-6.

Key moments: Budućnost VOLI have gained a 22-point lead already until the halftime, while then the home team increased the gap to 30 points in the middle of the 3^rd quarter – 66:36. At that moment it was quite clear that Budućnost VOLI would score a comfortable win in this match.

Man of the match: Budućnost VOLI 17-year-old hot prospect Fedor Žugić has played his best game so far in his ABA League career. Žugić scored his ABA League career-high 20 points, while he made 6 three-pointers out of 7 attempts.

Can’t trick the stats: When you look at the stat sheet, the first thing you will notice is the number of rebounds. Budućnost VOLI had 14 rebounds more than Cibona this night.