JOVANOVIC: “CONGRATULATIONS TO MY GUYS ON GREAT GAME, OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS HAVE BROUGHT US SELF-CONFIDENCE”

Mega Mozzart have defeated Buducnost VOLI with 87:81 (23:19, 32:19, 17:25, 15:18) in the 7th round of the ABA league after a great match. Coach Vladimir Jovanovic’s team played a great game in the Mega Factory hall, which was changed on Saturday night due to a leaking roof in the Hall of sports Ranko Zeravica, where they had a 17-point advantage at the end of the first half, only to repel Buducnost’s attacks in second half and deservedly won.

At the press conference after the game, Mega’s coach Vladimir Jovanovic pointed out that a good jump brought his team much-needed self-confidence:

– In the previous two weeks, we had a lot of personal problems. I didn’t talk about it, but apart from Covid, there were some injuries, which were not severe, but enough to separate us from training. In this roster, which is young, we could not easily endure it, it was very difficult to carry out the training process of the previous days. However, Cazalon and Rudan joined us yesterday, and really without their help in the rotation, we would not have been able to achieve this result. I think the match was very good. From our side, something different, because we showed one intense basketball at both ends of the court. I think that what we did not do in the previous games, in addition to a good defense, we controlled the jump and opened a counterattack. We gave easy points from that, but above all we managed to impose our rhythm in the attack with a good jump, where we had one or maybe two players on the hoop after the missed shots. That brought us much-needed self-confidence, and after those rebounds we found the rhythm in which we played the first half. Normally, the expected reaction of the Buducnost followed The game did not enter into the tight finish, but it was very close, on a couple of occasions we had a good jump in the last two or three minutes, and that was decisive. I would praise my guys and congratulate them on one great game. The continuation of the championship is waiting for us and we will try to be at the same level. I want to congratulate Buducnost on the results so far and wish them luck in the rest of the season,

said Jovanovic.

Photo: Mega Mozzart/Ivica Veselinov