Montenegrin basketball player Nikola Vucevic repeated the career record for the number of points in the NBA league in last night's brilliant performance against the current champions - the Golden State Warriors.
The ace of the Chicago Bulls scored 43 points for the second time and thus contributed to the phenomenal seasons of stars from the former Yugoslavia. The absolute record holder for the number of baskets and when it comes to the former Yugoslavia, as well as Europe, is the Slovenian Luka Dončić, who in December of last year scored a full 60.
Behind him is the rival in the race for the MVP award, Serbian center Nikola Jokić, who has a record of 50 points.
They are followed by two Croats - Bojan Bogdanović, now a Detroit winger, who scored 48 points in a Utah jersey, and the performance of the legendary Dražen Petrović, who scored 44 points almost 30 years ago, is also holding up well.
Vučević is followed by Peđa Stojaković with 42 points, Goran Dragić's maximum was 40, and Dino Radja and Nikola Mirotic scored 36 points each. Bogdan Bogdanović stopped at 35, Nikola Peković, Vlade Divac, Beno Udrih, Mirza Teletović, Nemanja Bjelica and Toni Kukoč each had 34.
Gordan Giricek and Jusuf Nurkic also reached 33 points, 32 points is the record of Dario Saric, the same number was scored by Ivica Zubac, 31 was recorded by Boban Marjanović, and 30 were scored each by Predrag Danilović and Vladimir Radmanović.
Nenad Krstić had 29, as did Boštjan Nahbar, Mario Hezonja's record while playing in the NBA was 28 points, Primož Brezec 27, and 26 points were scored by Žarko Čabarkapa, Predrag Drobnjak, and Žan Tabak.
Saša Pavlović, Darko Miličić, Saša Vujacić and Marko Jarić stood out with 25 points, Željko Rebrača and Raš Nesterović had a record 24 baskets, Dragan Bender and Anto Žižić scored 23, and 22 points were scored by Roko Lena Ukić and Pero Antić.
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