Buducnost Voli was the favorite before the duel against Helios and justified that role on the field.
The "Blues" controlled the events on the field for all 40 minutes and without any problems reached their second triumph in the ABA League.
Nikola Vucevic shone again with a double-double performance (18 points, 10 rebounds), Jermaine Anderson scored 20, and Čedomir Vitkovac scored 18 points.
Young Nikola Ivanovic once again received the applause of the well-stocked "Morača", because he fantastically fought for every ball.
"We played two different halves. In the first half, we showed a diverse attacking game, even beyond realistic expectations at this moment. In the second, we were weaker in that segment of the game, but defensively we were at a high level throughout the match and controlled the events on the field ", said Dejan Radonjić, coach of Budućnost Volija.
At the start of the match, Vučević was in the mood to play. He gave as many as 10 points in the same number of minutes and the most deserving was that the "blues" gained a nine-point advantage (31:22).
Safe game of the Montenegrin champion in the second quarter as well. They didn't allow the Slovenians to seriously threaten, and the lead ranged from seven to 19 points at halftime (57:38).
Vučević scored in the first attack of Budućnost Volija in the continuation of the match and gave his team the biggest advantage in the match plus 21 (59:38).
Satisfied with their high lead, the people of Podgorica slowed down their rhythm, and Helios took advantage of that and began to melt the lead minute by minute.
When Klemen Prepelić scored in the 32nd minute for minus nine (65:56), it seemed that an uncertain ending would follow.
However, Anderson and Vučević did their best to prevent it from happening, and in the 35th minute Budućnost Voli reached plus 15 (71:56) and there was no way back for Helios.
In the last five minutes, the Blues routinely kept their lead.
"The future was better and I can only congratulate you on the victory. Fewer, more games were solved in the first half. We played a lot scared, naive, and we were called for 17 fouls. In the second half, we loosened up a bit and played better. We have a young and an inexperienced team, it is difficult to win at home, not away. We still need to work a lot in order to improve the game bit by bit", pointed out the team's strategist from Domžal Zmago Sagadin.
Future Loves – Helios 78:60 (31:22, 26:16, 8:16, 13:6)
Podgorica - Hall: "Morača". Spectators: 1.500. Judges: Muhvić, Vovk (Croatia), Nešković (Serbia).
Budućnost Likes: Mihailović 8, M. Popović 5, M. Milošević, Božović, Vucevic 18, Krstović 5, Vitkovac 10, Dubljević 4, A. Popović 1, Ivanović 7, Anderson 20, N. Milošević.
Helios: Besedič 6, Person 7, Jeftić 6, Korošec, Marković, Pašalić 12, Čebular 2, Bubnić 11, Gorjanc, Petrović 7, Črešnar 2, Prepelić 7.
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