Yago dos Santos leads Crvena zvezda Meridianbet toward win vs. Borac Mozzart
Yago dos Santos has played his best game so far in this season as he scored 24 points, dished 7 assists and made 7 rebounds to help Crvena zvezda Meridianbet prevail over Borac Mozzart at home court.
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2023/24 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 16, Sunday, 14 January 2024:
CRVENA ZVEZDA MERIDIANBET - Borac Mozzart 90:74 (35:18, 16:26, 22:18, 17:12)
Game recap: Yago dos Santos has played his best game so far in this season as he scored 24 points, dished 7 assists and made 7 rebounds to help Crvena zvezda Meridianbet prevail over Borac Mozzart at home court.
The red-and-whites have therefore bounced back after that last-round defeat against Cedevita Olimpija and they now have the overall score of 14-2. Zvezda are still all alone at the first place on the standings.
On the other side, Borac Mozzart suffered their 3rd defeat in the last 4 games, so the Čačak troops remained right at the border of the Playoffs zone.
Key moments: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet made a powerful start as they scored 35 points in the opening 10 minutes and gained a 17-point lead already by the end of the first quarter 35:18.
Yet, Borac Mozzart did not want to surrender that easily, so the visitors answered back by winning the 2nd quarter by 26:16 and reducing the gap to just 7 points – 51:44.
Borac Mozzart even went on to reduce their deficit to just 3 points in the opening minutes of the 3rd quarter – 51:48, but that was the closest they got to making a comeback in this match. Crvena zvezda Meridianbet stepped on the gas pedal once again and they have regained a double-digit lead until the end of the 3rd quarter – 73:62. In the final final period, the home team locked down their paint as they let their opponents score just 12 points in the final 10 minutes.
The final score: 90:74 for Crvena zvezda Meridianbet.
Man of the match: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet played this game without their star point guard Miloš Teodosić, but Yago dos Santos made sure that was not a problem for the home team. The Brazilian point guard scored 24 points tonight, including 6 three-pointers, while he also had 7 assists and 7 rebounds. He recorded his AdmiralBet ABA League career-high 31 index rating tonight.
Can’t trick the stats: The first thing you aill notice by looking at the stats is the difference in number of rebounds. While Crvena zvezda Meridianbet made 37 rebounds in this game, Borac Mozzart made just 23.
