Spartak Office Shoes beat Pelister-Bitola to seal the 1st place in the regular season
Spartak Office Shoes will enter the 2024 NLB ABA League 2 Playoffs from the pole position as they have secured the top spot in the regular season after defeating Pelister-Bitola.
(Photo: ABA League j.t.d./Dragana Stjepanovic)
NLB ABA League 2 Round 13, Saturday, 23 March 2024:
Pelister-Bitola - SPARTAK OFFICE SHOES 81:88 (16:18, 15:29, 29:19, 21:22)
Spartak Office Shoes will enter the 2024 NLB ABA League 2 Playoffs from the pole position as they have secured the top spot in the regular season after defeating Pelister-Bitola.
Spartak Office Shoes have finished the regular season with the overall score of 11-2.
While there are lots of reasons for joy among the Subotica troops, Pelister-Bitola will be devastated after today’s loss as it crushed all of their Playoffs dreams. The green-and-whites needed to win this game in order to keep their chances of reaching the Top 8, however they suffered defeat against the league leaders and ended their 2023/24 NLB ABA League 2 campaign.
In today’s match, Spartak Office Shoes have had control over the game for most of the time, yet Pelister Bitola managed to return from a double-digit deficit and to reduce the gap to just 5 points – 80:75, with two-and-a-half minutes left on the game clock.
The following play has definitely decided the winner of this clash. Filip Barna scored the key 3-pointer for Spartak Office Shoes, therefore increasing the lead of his team to 8 points – 83:75, while in the rest of the game the Subotica crew had no troubles staying at a safe distance from their rivals.
Stats
Players on court
| PEL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Stojanovski L. | 15:46 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 |
| 8 | Stojanovski B. | 00:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 9 | Magdevski A. | 28:26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| 13 | Maslinko A. | 37:25 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 28 | Knight D. | 29:46 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| SPR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 9 | Milisavljević M. | 29:38 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Medarević V. | 27:28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 31 | Marelja A. | 25:07 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 33 | Sokolović A. | 19:07 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 88 | Barna F. | 30:42 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:12 (Q4) | 81 : 88 | 9 MAGDEVSKI A. made free throw (1of1) |
| 00:12 (Q4) | 9 MAGDEVSKI A. foul on | |
| 00:12 (Q4) | 13 MEDAREVIĆ V. foul (personal) | |
| 00:12 (Q4) | 80 : 88 | 9 MAGDEVSKI A. made 2 points (jump shot) |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Magdevski A. | 24 | - | 25 | Barna F. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Magdevski A. | 24 | - | 17 | Barna F. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Planinić J. | 14 | - | 7 | Milisavljević M. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Planinić J. | 4 | - | 4 | Milisavljević M. |
