BRILLIANT MEGA CONVINCING IN CACAK, DOMINANCE OF TANDEM SIMONOVIC-PETRUSEV

Mega Soccerbet on the winning track again, Borac convincingly defeated in Cacak!

In the 6th round of the ABA league, Mega Soccerbet convincingly defeated Borac in Cacak with 83:97 (19:24, 22:31, 24:20, 18:22). Coach Vladimir Jovanović’s team had the advantage practically during the entire match, where the home team managed to get closer on several occasions, but Mega would immediately successfully repel the attack every time and in the end came to a well-deserved victory.

In the great team game of Mega, Filip Petrusev stood out with 25 points (8-9 for 2 points) and Marko Simonovic with 19 points and 16 rebounds, and also great were Malcolm Cazalon with 14 points and Dayshon Smith with 10 points and 12 assists. Ivan Gavrilovic had 14 points in the Borac.

After six rounds of the ABA league, Mega Soccerbet has a score of 4-2, while Borac remained on one victory with four defeats. In the next round, Mega will host Krka on Sunday, November 15, at 1 p.m.

Vladimir Jovanovic started the match with the following five: Novak, Smith, Cazalon, Simonovic and Petrusev. At the beginning of the match, Cazalon hits two three-pointers, and then Simonovic is also accurate for three, so the result is 7:11 after three and a half minutes of play. Mega defends the paint well, so Borac mostly gets to the points with a long range shots, and after the third three-pointer of Cazalon for 12:18, the home team requested a time-out. Smith hits another three-pointer for Mega under a foul, so that Borac, after a few minutes without points, manages to get close to Mega to three points behind. The first quarter ended with Novak’s free throws for 19:24.

Petrusev is great in Borac’s paint at the beginning of the second quarter, followed by Miskovic and Smith, so Mega reached a double-digit advantage of 26:36. Borac’s time-out did not bear fruit, so Mega’s advantage continued to grow with the great cooperation of guards and centers for the big plus 17 in the 16th minute of the game. The home team managed to reduce Mega’s advantage to 11 points, but Mega responded with easy points from the paint after good assists from the guards. Petrusev from the free throw line hits his 16th point in this section for the advantage of Mega 41:55 after 20 minutes of play.

The home team managed to punish a few bad guarding of Mega’s defensive jump with a series of 7:0, which was interrupted by Cazalon with a great drive. There was a period with misses and lost balls on both sides, and after Nerandzic’s lay-up, coach of Mega requested a time-out with the result of 51:57. Cerovina hits an important three, Petrusev tips the ball after an offensive rebound and then with a lay-up after a fake shot feins he hits under foul, so Mega quickly reaches plus 15, 53:68 at 3 and a half minutes until the end of the quarter. Borac managed to get below 10 points, but Miškovic with a triple and tip in in the last seconds managed to keep Mega at plus 10, 65:75.

Fantastic Simonovic at the start of the last quarter, where with two three-pointers, a great assist without looking for Miškovic and then, dunking in the counter, he definitely resolved the match for the advantage of Mega 69:87 in the 35th minute. After that, Mega’s players calmly brought the match to an end for the final 83:97.

Fighter: Thornton 5, Smith 8, Djokovic 9, Miletic 3, Gavrilovic 14, Kocovic 12, Nerandzic 12, Karapandzic, Novakovic 2, Jones 9, Carapic 9.

Mega Soccerbet: Miskovic 9, Smith 10 (12 assists), Petrusev 25 (6 rebounds, index 36), Tepic 3, Kljajevic, Novak 8 (7 assists), Simonovic 19 (16 rebounds, index 27), Jovicic, Cerovina 9, Matkovic, Cazalon 14, Langovic.

Photo: Borac/Duško Radisic