Important win for Mladost over Spars
In the opening game of the ABA League 2 Round 7, Mladost of Zemun have outgunned Spars in the Borik Sports Hall in Banja Luka.
Trey Drechsel (Photo: ABA League/Dragana Stjepanovic)
ABA League 2 Round 7, Friday, 22 January 2021:
MLADOST - Spars 92:77 (23:17, 25:18, 23:16, 21:26)
In the opening game of the ABA League 2 Round 7, Mladost of Zemun have outgunned Spars in the Borik Sports Hall in Banja Luka.
For Mladost this is an extremely important win in their battle for the ABA League 2 Playoffs, as they are now on a positive 4/7 record after 7 rounds and their score is identical than the one of Spars now. At the moment, only Studentski centar have more wins than the two mentioned teams, on their record, but there are some with 4 wins grabbed already, that still have their Round 7 games to play.
Mladost have been the better of the two squads all game long, as they have been up by 6 points after the opening quarter already and by 13 at halftime (48:35). With 10 minutes left in the game, they have been in front by 20 (71:51) and the winners were decided.
The final score of the clash was 92:77 and both squads had a chance to demonstrate some attractive basketball such as this fantastic play by Kwamain Mitchell and Trey Drechsel (who had an index rating of no less than 43 in this game):
Stats
Players on court
| MLA | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 9 | Milenković M. | 08:05 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Tanasković D. | 22:48 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | Prlja P. | 21:54 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 49 | Jakovljević M. | 01:26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 92 | Mitrović L. | 18:49 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| SPA | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Klavžar N. | 17:37 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | Ilić V. | 11:43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Memić E. | 10:00 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Kamenjaš K. | 30:09 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| 19 | Buza N. | 23:28 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:00 (Q4) | 49 JAKOVLJEVIĆ M. steal | |
| 00:00 (Q4) | 3 KLAVŽAR N. turnover (ballhandling) | |
| 00:13 (Q4) | 92 : 77 | 92 MITROVIĆ L. made 2 points (drivinglayup) |
| 00:36 (Q4) | 90 : 77 | ILIĆ V. made 2 points (drivinglayup) |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Drechsel T. | 43 | - | 30 | Kamenjaš K. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Drechsel T. | 34 | - | 24 | Kamenjaš K. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Drechsel T. | 11 | - | 13 | Kamenjaš K. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Mitchell K. | 4 | - | 5 | Zahiragić A. |
