Budućnost VOLI down Borac and seal the 3rd spot in the regular season
Budućnost VOLI have definitely sealed the 3rd place in the 2021/22 AdmiralBet ABA League regular season after beating Borac this Monday evening in Round 26.
Kendrick Perry (Photo: Buducnost VOLI)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 26, Monday, 11 April 2022:
BUDUĆNOST VOLI - Borac 97:73 (21:17, 22:21, 26:22, 28:13)
Game recap: Budućnost VOLI have definitely sealed the 3rd place in the 2021/22 AdmiralBet ABA League regular season after beating Borac this Monday evening in Round 26.
This means that Budućnost VOLI will play against 6th placed FMP Meridian in the Preliminary Round of the 2021/22 Playoffs and the blue-and-whites will have a home-court advantage in that best-of-3 series.
On the other side, Borac dropped to 8-15 after this defeat, but they have 3 more games to play in the ongoing regular season and a chance to improve their overall score.
Key moments: In the opening 30 minutes of this game, Borac simply did not let Budućnost VOLI gain any bigger lead that might put the home team in a safe position. However, then it came the 4th quarter in which Borac were simply no match for their hosts.
Budućnost VOLI won the 4th quarter by 28:13 and scored quite a convincing win at the end – 97:73.
Man of the match: Marko Jagodić Kuridža could not make a 3-pointer today (0/4), but he did everytinhg else for Budućnost VOLI. Jagodić Kuridža scored 15 points (5/5 FG2, 5/5 FT), had 5 rebounds and 4 assists, while his overall index rating in this match was 24.
Can’t trick the stats: Budućnost VOLI had 16 assists more than Borac tonight. On top of that, the home team also made 11 rebounds more than their opponents.
Stats
Players on court
| BUD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 7 | Nikolić D. | 21:36 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Seeley D. | 32:46 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 19 | Nikolić Z. | 15:46 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 22 | Drobnjak I. | 12:09 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 30 | Popović P. | 25:21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| BOR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 4 | Ćurčić V. Đ. | 14:13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Lopez L. | 23:42 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Ćurčić M. Đ. | 21:07 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 15 | Pecarski M. | 26:03 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 17 | Marinković I. | 19:39 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:03 (Q4) | 22 DROBNJAK I. rebound (defensive) | |
| 00:06 (Q4) | 15 PECARSKI M. missed 3 points (jump shot) | |
| 00:18 (Q4) | SEELEY D. assist | |
| 00:18 (Q4) | 97 : 73 | 22 DROBNJAK I. made 3 points (jump shot) |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Jagodić Kuridža M. | 24 | - | 15 | Hale H. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Seeley D. | 18 | - | 14 | Pecarski M. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Nikolić D. | 6 | - | 4 | Ćurčić M. Đ. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Seeley D. | 5 | - | 6 | Lopez L. |
