Zlatibor Gold Gondola beat Sutjeska Elektroprivreda and secure their spot in the Playoffs
Zlatibor Gold Gondola scored a convincing win against Sutjeska Elektroprivreda in the final match of Round 11.
(Photo: ABA League j.t.d./Dragana Stjepanovic)
NLB ABA League 2 Round 11, Wednesday, 8 March 2023:
Sutjeska Elektroprivreda - ZLATIBOR GOLD GONDOLA 78:88 (18:35, 22:20, 18:18, 20:15)
Zlatibor Gold Gondola scored a convincing win against Sutjeska Elektroprivreda in the final match of Round 11.
Zlatibor Gold Gondola have therefore improved their season score to 8:3, which means that they have officially secured their spot in the 2023 NLB ABA League 2 Playoffs.
On the other side, Sutjeska dropped to 7-4, but they still need to score just one more win in the remaining two rounds to reach the Playoffs.
As far as today’s game is concerned, Zlatibor Gold Gondola made a flying start as they scored 35 points in the opening quarter to gain a 17-point lead early in the game – 35:18. And that turned out to be the key period in this game as in the rest of the match Zlatibor Gold Gondola were successfully keeping their double-digit lead, not allowing Sutjeska Elektroprivreda to get anywhere close them.
Brano Đukanović with 21 points and Nemanja Protić with 20 points were the top scorers in the winning team, while on the other side Jacoby Ross scored 18 points on his Sutjeska Elektroprivreda debut in NLB ABA League 2.
Stats
Players on court
| SUT | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Ross J. | 28:11 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 5 | Bošković Z. | 19:46 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Vujović M. | 21:34 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 12 | Bojić B. | 22:49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -9 |
| 20 | Weathers M. | 32:10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| ZLA | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Watson J. | 19:05 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 |
| 4 | Čabrilo A. | 23:23 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Đukanović B. | 32:26 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| 33 | Čorbić B. | 03:29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Tejić B. | 01:41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:25 (Q4) | 78 : 88 | 11 VUJOVIĆ M. made 2 points (layup) |
| 00:25 (Q4) | 11 VUJOVIĆ M. rebound (offensive) | |
| 00:25 (Q4) | WEATHERS M. missed 2 points (jump shot) | |
| 00:25 (Q4) | 5 BOŠKOVIĆ Z. rebound (defensive) |
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Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Weathers M. | 22 | - | 23 | Protić N. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Ross J. | 18 | - | 21 | Đukanović B. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Weathers M. | 8 | - | 12 | Joksimović L. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Weathers M. | 4 | - | 7 | Protić N. |
