BIG WIN FOR MEGA IN ZADAR, MILOJEVIC PROUD!

Players from Mega Leks in the 5th round of ABA league won away match inf Zadar with 76:81 (15:22, 17:13, 26:22, 18:24). Mega Leks in the first half they had 12-point lead but the Zadar managed to get back into the match and led. However, the players of  Dejan Milojevic in the finish of the match after great defense and a series of threes and successfully implemented counter-attacking, deservedly won. In this match  long time injured Zagorac and Kaba have not played.

Dejan Milojevic decided on the following starting five: Jaramaz, Luwawu-Cabarrot, Simeunovic, Nikolic and Jankovic. The first points of the match scored Simeunovic with a foul. Good defense of Mega at the beginning of the match and the Zadar scored his first points after 4 minutes of play. After 5 and a half minutes, the result is 5:12. Samardziski with 7 unanswered points and 2 rebounds announces another great match after the MZT and makes the first double-digit lead for Mega 7:17. After the mini-series Zadar 5: 0, Dejan Milojevic has called a time-out. The series of Zadar interrupted Aranitovic with three and the first quarter of the ends 15:22.

After the tied game at the start of the second quarter, Aranitovic returned double-digit lead and after a Jaramaz triplem, Mega led with 22:34 in the 16th minute. Period of inferior game of Mega Zadar took advantage with a series of 7:0. The series stopped Aranitovic with one free-throw. Pasalic hit three pointer for Zadar a few seconds before the end and at half goes to 32:35.

The second half opens Ivanovic with three points. Zadar with of points of Cosey first time in the match took the lead, 39-38, but Luwawu and Nikolic immediately respond to the other side. By the end of third quarter teams were mainly exchanged baskets and the rest before the last quarter we have gone to 58:57 for Zadar.

At the beginning of the last period of the game, Samardziski after a blow to the nose had to get out of the game due to bleeding but after a medical intervention after a few minute, he went back in the game. After one almost the lost balls, Luwawu-Cabarrit managed to hit three for the lead 63:65 and after block of Nikolic, hit another plus for 5. After the time-out Zadar and good defense of Mega, Simeunovic is accurate for 3 points. Zadar with threes remains in the game and on the 2 and a half minutes to the end result was 69:73. Jaramaz then after hitting a jump in the attack and after steal of Samardziski, Luwawu-Cabarrot dunked for 69:77. By the end of the game Mega routinely preserve the victory.

Mega Lexks: Simic, Aranitovic 7 points and 4 rebounds, Djokovic, Jaramaz 13 and 3 assists, Veljkovic, Ivanovic 12 points, 3 assists and 4 steals, Samardziski 10 points and 5 rebounds, Pavlovic, Luwawu-Cabarrot 18, Simeunovic 7 points and 6 rebounds, Nikolic 9 points and 4 rebounds, Jankovic 5.

Zadar: Basic 6, Cosey 23, Prince 7, Sango, Sirko, Ramljak M. 4, Bosnjak 14, Marinkovic, Barac, Ramljak I. 2, Pasalic 11, Jurica.

Mega Leks in the forthcoming round 6 of the ABA league at 19th of October from 9 PM in Sremska Mitrovica welcomes Igokea.

Dejan Milojevic “Very important game for us because we all made it clear that anyone we are playing against we are going for win. We played defense pretty well except that today we were allowing opponents too many offensive rebounds. Just because of that the first half was not completed + 10 for us, Zadar got confidence, hit some shots and fell to 3 points. In the second half as expected, it was a hard game but did not give up when Zadar took a lead. For this we were in the finish rewarded when we hit three triples in a row, went unmatched advantages and deserved to win. I am proud of my players because it is not easy to get Zadar in his hall. I wish Zadar wall the best, we enjoy to play here and I hope that we will meet many times”.

Djordje Simeunovic: “I congratulate teammates on this important victory. I think that our great desire and energy was decisive, especially in defense. We knew what we expected and playing here is always beautiful but also very difficult because it is the city of basketball. In the first half, we had big problems with their offensive rebounds but defensively we played very well. At crucial moments we were shooting well and we did “break”. We are very happy with this victory”.