Pelister-Bitola defend their homecourt beating Široki TT Kabeli
Pelister-Bitola has opened up the new season with a win in round 1 of Group C against Široki TT Kabeli.
(Photo: Pelister-Bitola/Sasho Ristevski/Dejan Kuzmanovski
NLB ABA League 2, Group C Round 1, Tuesday, October 1, 2024:
PELISTER-BITOLA - Široki TT Kabeli 74:72
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POST-GAME COMMENTS
Pelister-Bitola has opened up the new season with a win in round 1 of Group C against Široki TT Kabeli. The hosts controlled the result throughout, only allowing Široki TT Kabeli to take a brief 2-point lead. Despite Pelister-Bitola holding the advantage, Široki TT Kabeli put up a fight until the very end of the game, it was a nailbiting final few minutes with Ivan Velić's squad trying to take over the lead but Pelister-Bitola managed to hold on to the 2-point win.
Nikola Miskovic was the top performer for the winning squad, he finished the night with a double-double scoring 13 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Jan Rebec had a phenomenal game for Široki TT Kabeli, he too finished with a double-double and he scored a game-high 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
In round 2, Pelister-Bitola takes on Podgorica while Široki TT Kabeli visits Joker.
Stats
Players on court
| PEL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Antoine B. | 28:30 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Stajikj B. | 28:45 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Kostoski A. | 32:28 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 15 | Miskovic N. | 35:52 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| 16 | Bojić A. | 26:19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| SIR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 11 | Čović J. | 31:45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 |
| 20 | Perković M. | 16:49 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 22 | Jambrović P. | 31:40 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 30 | Rebec J. | 37:16 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 |
| 44 | Vujanović D. | 22:05 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Miskovic N. | 20 | - | 33 | Rebec J. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Antoine B. | 16 | - | 27 | Rebec J. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Miskovic N. | 11 | - | 10 | Rebec J. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Stajikj B. | 8 | - | 3 | Hunter A. |
