Thriller victory in Zadar is behind the basketball players Budućnost Voli, who started a hellish rhythm of two games a week in the "Krešimir Ćosić" hall. At the end of the year, which ends on December 30 in the hometown of their coach Vladimir Jovanović, Čačak, the Blues will play 11 games.
The first one is very challenging, because tonight in "Morač" (19:5 p.m.) the team that the leaders of the Euroleague plan as a future participant of the elite competition, Paris, will arrive for the duel of the XNUMXth round of the Eurocup.
The club was founded in 2018 by former Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn, best known for spending two picks in the 2009 draft on point guards (Ricky Rubio at No. XNUMX and anonymous Johnny Flynn at No. XNUMX) and not taking Steph Curry.
The coach of the team from the City of Light is a former assistant in the Houston Rockets, Will Weaver, and there are five Americans in the team, the most famous of whom is Jeremy Evans to the "blue" fans, because he played for Darusafaka in "Morača" in the Euroleague season - 2018/2019.
"Paris is a fast team, experienced, with many good players. Some were in the NBA, some were in the best lineups in the NCAA. This is a team that runs a lot, scores a lot of points in transition, so defense will be of great importance in this match. We have to make sure that we don't let them impose their style in attack", said the hero of the victory in Dalmatia, Cameron Reynolds.
95 average points Buducnost Voli received in the last four games. If the 78 points received in London from Towers were "deleted", that average would be devastating - as many as 100,7 points were given to Vladimir Jovanovic's team on average by FMP, Igokea and Zadar
Buducnost did not play well in Zadar, they conceded as many as 103 points, and in the last minute they magically made up minus eight and celebrated with a three-pointer from Reynolds 104:103.
"I am satisfied with the victory in Zadar, it is significant for us, as well as due to the fact that we ended a period in which we were not complete for a long time with a triumph. The way we ended up we would choose to be different. The number of days together has now increased from two to five, and I think we used them in the right way," Jovanović stressed.
The Serbian expert warns about the qualities of the team from the capital of France.
"Paris is a team that, like all French teams, is athletically and physically very good. If we want to play with her, we have to be at her level running and rebounding, in the full court game as well as in one-on-one situations. If we do it well in defense, we can expect a favorable result", said the 49-year-old coach.
Reynolds hopes the Future plays serious first down defense.
"We mustn't let the 'game' get away from us at the start." We have to play harder in defense, we have struggled with that in the last few games. We have to change that in this match", says the wing basketball player from Texas.
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