Podgorica edged out Sloboda in final quarter
Thanks to their excellent performance late in the game, Podgorica have prevailed over Sloboda iz Wai Tai Sports Hall, Zlatibor.
Podgorica team (Photo: ABA League/Dragana Stjepanovic)
ABA League 2 Round 11, Wednesday, 24 March 2021:
Sloboda - PODGORICA 51:63 (19:13, 10:15, 16:16, 6:19)
Thanks to their excellent performance late in the game, Podgorica have prevailed over Sloboda iz Wai Tai Sports Hall, Zlatibor.
In the opening game of the Wednesday’s ABA League 2 schedule, Podgorica have prevailed over Sloboda in a clash, that could have gone either way as far as majority of the encounter is concerned. At the beginning of 33rd minute, the margin between the two sides was still only a point (45:46), but then over the next 2 minutes, Podgorica came up with a 7:1 run and pulled away to the score of 46:53. Sloboda did not manage to bounce back after this blow anymore until the end of the game.
The final score was 51:63 in favour of Podgorica.
This is the 6th win of the season for Podgorica and both squads now continue their ABA League 2 season with a 6:5 record after 11 games played and are still involved in the battle for the Playoffs.
Stats
Players on court
| SLU | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 5 | Ilkić A. | 37:23 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Stepanović A. | 37:00 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Božić Đ. | 01:50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Vojinović J. | 18:22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Pažin Đ. | 24:28 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | -4 |
| POD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Bulajić J. | 00:31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Titić P. | 21:27 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Musić N. | 23:32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | Kovačević M. | 29:40 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| 77 | Robinson J. | 27:24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:15 (Q4) | (defensive) | |
| 00:15 (Q4) | 5 PAŽIN Đ. missed 3 points (jump shot) | |
| 00:31 (Q4) | 51 : 63 | KOVAČEVIĆ M. made free throw (2 of 2) |
| 00:31 (Q4) | 51 : 62 | KOVAČEVIĆ M. made free throw (1 of 2) |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Ilkić A. | 19 | - | 23 | Kovačević M. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Ilkić A. | 14 | - | 13 | Titić P. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Stepanović A. | 13 | - | 11 | Kovačević M. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Ilkić A. | 7 | - | 3 | Musić N. |


