Major comeback for the first win of the season for Kansai Helios, as they beat MZT Skopje Aerodrom
In the opening game of the Tuesday’s NLB ABA League 2 schedule, Kansai Helios Domžale have downed MZT Skopje Aerodrom after a major comeback.
(Photo: ABA League j.t.d./Dragana Stjepanovic)
NLB ABA League 2, Tuesday, 14 November 2023:
MZT Skopje Aerodrom - KANSAI HELIOS DOMŽALE 83:87 (22:15, 19:18, 23:26, 19:28)
In the opening game of the Tuesday’s NLB ABA League 2 schedule, Kansai Helios Domžale have downed MZT Skopje Aerodrom after a major comeback.
This is the first win of the season for the Domžale squad, which are now tied in the standings with MZT Skopje Aerodrom, and both of them will be placed just below the middle of the standings, when Round 3 ends.
Throughout the majority of the clash, MZT Skopje Aerodrom were the ones that were in the lead and with a minute and a half to go in the third quarter, they were still up by 11 points (64:63). In the final quarter, however, Kansai Helios performed a major comeback. They came up with a 13:0 run between 36th and 39th minutes of the game, that put them in the 84:75 lead. With just a bit more than a minute left, there was not enough time for MZT to bounce back and return to the lead again all until the end of the game.
Stats
Players on court
| MZT | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 0 | Russell Jr C. | 17:42 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | Krstevski B. | 19:47 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | Stojanovski D. | 21:49 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | Stojanovski V. | 24:49 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 30 | Worku E. | 32:18 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| HEL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Blomgren P. | 33:56 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Zemljič J. | 22:56 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Mirtič T. | 25:37 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 17 | Glišić M. | 21:58 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 21 | Mahkovic B. | 40:00 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:05 (Q4) | 30 WORKU E. assist | |
| 00:05 (Q4) | 83 : 87 | 00 RUSSELL JR C. made 3 points (jump shot) |
| 00:15 (Q4) | 3 BLOMGREN P. assist | |
| 00:15 (Q4) | 80 : 87 | 7 MIRTIČ T. made 2 points (dunk) |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Tanasković D. | 25 | - | 41 | Mahkovic B. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Stojanovski V. | 19 | - | 25 | Mahkovic B. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Tanasković D. | 7 | - | 12 | Mirtič T. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Worku E. | 8 | - | 7 | Mahkovic B. |
