In the final of the 16th Cup of Montenegro since the restoration of independence, Buducnost Volija basketball players will fight for the trophy for the 16th time.
Aleksandar Džikić's team justified their role as favorites against their city rival Podgorica, winning 79:60 (23:18, 19:14, 23:18, 14:10) and in tomorrow's final at 20:15 they will seek the XNUMXth cup in this competition against the winner of the match. Sailor - Lovcen.
Although the question of the winner was not raised either before or during the match, Nebojša Bogavac's team put up a more than worthy resistance.
It was only at the end of the 1st half that he allowed the champion to reach a double-digit difference, and in the 29th minute he had the last connection (60:50).
"Blues" tied eight points in the finish of the 3rd and at the beginning of the last quarter and reached plus 18 (68:50).
The most effective in the winning team was Petar Popović with 13 points, Kendrick Perry scored 11, Willy Reed and Marko Jagodić-Kuriža each nine, Filip Barović eight...
Denis Jerome Sili and Donatas Tarolis were not in the lineup, because Džikić had the right to four foreigners and chose Vladimir Micov, Jagodić-Kuriža, Peri and Rid.
Marko Kovačević scored 17 points and Ognjen Čarapić scored 12 points for Podgorica.
Great news for Budućnost fans is that Danilo Nikolić was also in the team. The wing center, who collapsed in training at the beginning of September and underwent urgent surgery in Istanbul, started training with the team a month ago, but was sidelined due to a minor knee injury and then the flu.
He is not fully ready yet, that's why he didn't play tonight, but he is expected to play on March 5 against Zadar in the Admiralbet ABA League.
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