In a dramatic finish, Lovćen defeated Podgorica in the "Hills" hall in Sarajevo, in the first of three Montenegrin derbies of the ABA 2 League to be played this month.
Cetinje have three wins and two losses after five rounds, while Podgorica has two triumphs and a third defeat.
Lovćen was in the lead for most of the match, he controlled both the game and the result ever since he took a 16:2 lead with a 29:12 series at the end of the first and beginning of the second quarter.
The people of Cetinje maintained a double-digit difference until the last quarter, in which they entered with a 14-point advantage, but then Nebojša Bogavac's boys made an incredible turnaround.
Little by little, they melted the rival's advantage, and three minutes before the end they took the lead 72:71.
However, Lovćen entered the last minute of the match with a minimal advantage (76:75), the score did not change, even after the last attack in which Nikola Korać missed a shot for Podgorica's victory.
"We controlled the flow of the game throughout the first and most of the second half, we had a 15-16 difference, but then some indiscipline started, some self-satisfaction, and it came to the point that in the last three minutes of the match we practically won, we had to fight for the victory. In the end, one decided shot, that ball could have easily gone in... Nevertheless, a well-deserved victory, we played with them three days ago in Podgorica and it's not easy to beat the same team twice in such a short time. I'm satisfied, said Lovcen coach Petar Jovanović.
"The beginning of the match was fatal, the whole match we had to chase Lovcen's advantage, we managed to catch up with them, in the end it was our own fault that we did not win. Congratulations to Lovcen on the well-deserved triumph, congratulations to my boys for their efforts, even more than that considering the problems we had. Five players had a high temperature, we will try to endure these two more games and try to win," said Podgorica coach Nebojša Bogavac.
The American Aysea Washington was the most effective in Lovcen with 15 points, Marko Perović added 13, and Clarence and Hadžibegović 11 each.
For Podgorica, Ismet Sejfić stood out with 18 points, Aleksandar Langović scored 15, and Marko Kovačević scored 12 points.
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