By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
At a safe distance from the second quarter, Partizan Mozzart Bet settled with an 81-64 victory versus Split in Arena Gripe on Sunday.
Sterling Brown and Mario Nakic, packing 19 and 18 points, respectively, paved the way for a 22-3 W-L tally in the 2024-25 AdmiralBet ABA League Regular Season. Carlik Jones and Gabriel Iffe Lundberg added ten points apiece. Mitar Bosnjakovic, Frank Ntilikina, and Duane Washington Jr. were out for the team coached by Zeljko Obradovic.
Standing out for the hosts, Shannon Shorter dropped 17 points but did not prevent his side from falling to 8-17 in the regional league.
Wrapping up Round 25 on Monday, Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet squandered an early double-digit lead and fell, 78-77, to Spartak Office Shoes in Belgrade Arena. Down to 19-6, the team coached by Giannis Sfairopoulos is now three games away from co-leaders, Partizan and Buducnost VOLI.
With 2.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Rasir Bolton hit the deciding go-ahead bucket for the visitors and Nikola Kalinic missed his opportunity at the buzzer.
Former North Texas standout Umoja Gibson went for 21 points with 8/10 field goals, including 5/5 three-pointers for the Subotica outfit.
A game-high 23 points by Filip Petrusev went to waste. Milos Teodosic, alongside Joel Bolomboy (foot), Mike Daum (knee), and Luka Mitrovic (knee), did not suit up.
ABA Round 25
Dubai – FMP Soccerbet 84-61
Mega Superbet – Zadar 75-74
SC Derby – Igokea m:tel 111-109 OT (98-98)
Cedevita Olimpija – Borac Mozzart 92-56
Split – Partizan Mozzart Bet 64-81
Mornar-Barsko zlato – Krka 78-70
Cibona – Buducnost VOLI 82-96
Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet – Spartak Office Shoes 77-78
STANDINGS: Partizan Mozzart Bet 47 (22-3), Buducnost VOLI 47 (22-3), Dubai 45 (20-5), Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet 44 (19-6), Cedevita Olimpija 41 (16-9), Igokea m:tel 41 (16-9)…
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