Dobric shoot lights out in Zvezda’s win against MZT – ABA Day 17 recap

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Crvena Zvezda moved up to a 14-3 record in the ABA League after smashing MZT Skopje on the road 92-58. It was an easy night for the Serbian team as they were dominating the floor.

The hosts were able to follow Zvezda’s pace only in the first quarter which they lost only by 3 points (21-18). After that, the visiting squad showed their full strength.

Dusan Alimpijevic’s players stepped up their defense allowing MZT to score only 7 points in the second period. After that, tt was a one-sided game after that as MZT suffered their 14th loss of the season.

Ognjen Dobric couldn’t be stopped tonight and posted a game-high 23 points for Crvena Zvezda. He was relentless from the three-point territory as he knocked down 7 triples (7/9).

Andrej Maslinko tried to save MZT with 15 points, but it wasn’t enough.

On Saturday Partizan beat Cibona at home thanks to a superb game by Novica Velickovic.

Day 17 – Results

HOME AWAY FT HT Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
KK FMP KK IGOKEA 95-73 42-29 21-16 21-13 29-25 24-19
KK CEDEVITA KK MEGA BASKET 75-73 33-33 19-14 14-19 18-24 24-16
KK PARTIZAN NIS KK CIBONA 80-69 40-43 17-17 23-26 21-16 19-10
KK BUDUCNOST KK PETROL OLIMPIJA 88-66 45-33 22-16 23-17 24-9 19-24
MZT SKOPJE AERODROM KK CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS 58-92 25-40 18-21 7-19 17-28 16-24
KK ZADAR KK MORNAR 77-93 35-54 19-24 16-30 24-19 18-20

Standings

#
TEAM
PTS
MP
W
L
POINTS
+/-
1
KK BUDUCNOST
32
17
15
2
1437 – 1278
159
2
KK CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS
31
17
14
3
1483 – 1316
167
3
KK CEDEVITA
30
17
13
4
1394 – 1281
113
4
KK MORNAR
27
17
10
7
1368 – 1382
-14
5
KK PARTIZAN NIS
26
17
9
8
1517 – 1477
40
6
KK ZADAR
25
17
8
9
1428 – 1440
-12
7
KK FMP
25
17
8
9
1377 – 1332
45
8
KK CIBONA
23
17
6
11
1362 – 1451
-89
9
KK IGOKEA
23
17
6
11
1360 – 1423
-63
10
KK PETROL OLIMPIJA
22
17
5
12
1312 – 1421
-109
11
KK MEGA BASKET
22
17
5
12
1406 – 1438
-32
12
MZT SKOPJE AERODROM
20
17
3
14
1326 – 1531
-205

Photo credit: ABA

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