Teoda basketball players failed to create a new surprise in the Balkan League.
They were defeated by the Balkans 75:71 and now it remains a difficult task to try to make up for the deficit in seven days in Botevgrad and qualify for the final tournament.
The visitors were in a better mood in shooting at the start of the match, in the middle of the second quarter they gained a big advantage, so the Tivians had to chase them, which was not easy at all.
At the finish, they managed to get to minus four, but there was too little time for a turnaround.
Savo Đikanović played a great match, he gave 29 points and caught 13 balls for an index of 30, followed by Nikola Vučurović (13).
Manuel Johnson (10) and Nikola Korać (10, six assists) also scored in double figures.
Ivan Lilov was the most effective member of the Balkan team with 27 points (10-pointers 7-15). Noa Dalman added XNUMX.
"A well-deserved victory for the Balkans, they were better than us. We entered the match with a lot of deconcentration, we missed a few shots, and they punished all of that with three-point shots. They gained a big advantage, which we tried to reach until the end. The players "They tried their best, but we didn't succeed. Objectively, Balkan is a better team than us, and I have nothing to complain about the players," said Miodrag Kadija, the coach of Tivčan.
A bad start to the match was crucial for the final outcome. Balkan punished every mistake of the hosts, so at the end of the first part it was plus nine (20:11).
All dilemmas were resolved by 15 minutes, when the Bulgarians made three three-pointers (Lilov two, Peter Sedmak) and pulled away to the maximum plus 21 (34:13).
The people of Tiv tried until the end to do the impossible, to achieve a turnaround.
However, all they managed to do was mitigate the defeat.
The second leg will be played on April 9 at 19.45:XNUMX in Botevgrad.
Teodo - Balkan 71:75 (11:20, 18:25, 15:15, 27:15)
Tivat - "Jupa" hall. Spectators: 800. Judges: Zurapović, Kralj, Milićević (BiH).
Teodo: Krivokapić, Pekić 2, Vučurović 13, Kunjić, Bošković, Đikanović 29, Johnson 10, Subotic 7, Korać 10, Starovlah, Perović, Bocka.
Balkans: Sedmak 6, Štuc 6, P. Marinov 8, Lilov 27, Božović 2, Galabov, Tenčev, Gruev 4, S. Marinov 4, M. Marinov, Tončev, Dalman 15.
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