Far from an attacking rhythm without energy in defense, the Mornar basketball players could not expect anything more than a defeat in Split in the 22nd round of the Admiralbet ABA League.
Barani lost to one of the competitors in the fight for survival (76:67), so the situation in the table is not very easy - with a score of 7-13, Mornar has three more wins than tonight's opponent and Krka, who hold the last two positions.
The good thing is that he is better than the people of Split in the head-to-head clash, with a match less...
Mihailo Pavićević's team, which performed without Vladimir Mihailović, was in the game only in the opening minutes of the match.
Split easily gained a double-digit advantage, and it was even easier to protect it in the first half, in which it scored as many as 48 points. He went on vacation with plus 18 - 48:30.
True, in the first half of the third quarter, the Montenegrin team reduced the deficit to minus 7 (0:11) in the first half of the third quarter, and had a counterattack to reach a single-digit difference, but Marko Jeremić missed a layup.
Split then quickly reached 56:39 and that was practically it...
The match will also be remembered for the fact that Nemanja Vranješ returned to the court, he played for the first time since June last year when he suffered a serious knee injury.
The Mariner defender spent 12 minutes on the field, recording two points and three rebounds.
Jeremic was the most effective in Mornar with 20 points, Taylor Smith scored 14, Aleksandar Lazic and Will Mosley scored 11 each.
Sean Jones (18) stood out for the hosts.
SPLIT - SAILOR 76:67 (23:17, 25:13, 13:14, 15:23)
Split - Small hall of KK Split. Judges: Pukl (Slovenia), Savović (Montenegro), E. Javor (Slovenia).
Split: Perković 14 (1-0), Kedžo, RUNJIĆ 2, Žganec 5 (2-2), Ukić 8, Champara, Jukić, BAJO 5 (2-1), Kovačević 5, JONES 18 (2-2), SHORTER 14 (2-2), BARIC 5.
Sailor: Mićović, JEREMIC 20 (8-6), ŽIVANOVIC 4, Šehović 5, SMIT 14, Rakočević, LAZIĆ 11 (2-2), Vesković, Vranješ 2, MOZLI 11 (7-5).
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