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MEGA BROUGHT VICTORY FROM ZLATIBOR
Mega Bemax players came to second Super League victory after they won away against Zlatibor with 79:82 (26:22, 17:21, 12:24, 24:15) within the 5th round match. Players of Dejan Milojevic came to the win after the excellent third quarter in which they came up with a two-digit advantage, which they almost drop it in the end, but they defended the win from the free-throw line. Coach of Mega on this match because of injury could not count on Ognjen Jaramaz, Kostja Mushidi and Mihailo Jovicic.
The most effective in the ranks of Mega Bemax were Goga Bitadze with 17 points and Luka Asceric and Aleksandar Lazić with 16 points. The best in Zlatibor was Dragoslav Papic with 27 points. After 5 rounds, Mega has a score of 2-3 while Zlatibor has remained on one win. In the next round on Thursday, May 3, at 19:00 Mega play in Pancevo against Tamis.
Milojević started the match with the following five: Carapic, Marjanovic, Lazic, Miskovic, Bitadze. Very bad start of the match for Mega after Zlatibor led with 11:0, but the players Mege quickly consolidated with several points in the paint of Bitadze and Fundic. Asceric and Lazic assisted to their teammates, so the minus is reduced to only a point, 13:12. Mega continued with a good game, Asceric scored a triple for equalization and then Koprivica scored under a foul. The match was interrupted due to lightning and power failure, and continued after a half hour break. The finish of quarter a home team played better so that result was 26:22 after the first 10 minutes.
With points of Asceric and Music Mega pass into the lead in the second quarter. Nevertheless, in the short run, Carapic, Fundic and Bitadze get a third personal foul. Zlatibor uses mistakes in the defense of Mega and goes into lead 39:36. There followed two great dashes of Lazic and Miskovic. Half-time score set Lazic with three pointer for 43:43.
After the halftime break, Mega played much more engrossed on both sides of the field, which after the Marjanovic point and several dunks of Bitadze brought the first double-digit advantage, 47:58. Fundic and Carapic received the 4th personal foul, and captain of Mega had to be on the bench because of a wrist injury and he was no longer returning to the game. However, a good defense keeps the lead before the last 10 minutes, 55:67.
In the last quarter, Mega, above all a good defense, controlled the result. Zlatibor manages to reduce to 9 points difference for 3 minutes to the end, and that series was stopped by Asceric layup, but Zlatibor hits two more threes for 71:76 per minute to finish, and then cuts to 2 point difference. However, Mega from the free-throw line defended the win since Zlatibor players failed to make a 3-point shot in time, so the match ended with 79:82.
Zlatibor: Popovic 2, Tmusic, Velickovic 9, Smolovic, Simovic, Corbic, Pantic 12, Riznic 5, Gudzic 3, Marojevic 21, Papic 27, Spasov.
Mega Bemax: Mushidi, Music 4, Marjanovic 8, Asceric 16 (5 steals), Carapic 2, Bitadze 17 (9 rebounds), Lazic 16 (7 rebounds), Koprivica 3 (6 rebounds), Samardziski, Miskovic 11, Cerovina, Fundic 5.
Photo: Mega Bemax / Ivica Veselinov
