Marko Kljajević took Podgorica to the semi-finals of the Cup with the sound of the siren

An excellent quarter-final match in the Cup of Montenegro between Podgorica and Dečić in the "Bemax" arena and the victory of Nebojša Bogavac's team 80:79.

Podgorica was on the verge of elimination, losing 28:79 for two minutes and 73 seconds, but then it made a 7:0 run and won, and Marko Kljajević scored the basket for the triumph in the last second, after an offensive jump after a miss by Selim Fofana.

An interesting match was played in the "Bemax" arena. At the beginning, the teams took turns in the lead, and after 10 minutes it was 23:17 for Dečić.

At the beginning of the second period, after Marko Koljević's three-pointer, Dečić had a plus 11 (30:19), and then Podgorica was pulled by Kljajević, so Nebojša Bogavac's team managed to equalize (32:32), and then turn it around (36:32). . At one minute and 44 seconds until the end of the half, Podgorica had a plus seven (42:35), before Dečić finished well, so the score was 44:44 at halftime.

Dečić shot excellently in the first half and hit 11 three-pointers from 21 attempts.

Podgorica starts the second half better, making a 7:0 run and reaching 51:44. Then it was 60:49, which is the maximum advantage of the team competing in the NLB ABA2 league this season.

It seemed at that time that Podgorica had broken the match, but Dečić on the wings of Robert Šestani came back, so after 30 minutes it was plus two for the team from Tuzi - 64:62.

As the match drew to a close, it became more and more interesting, neither team had more than a point advantage, and then Dragović and Šestani hit three-pointers for Dečić, Williams was also accurate after an offensive jump, so with two minutes and 28 seconds left, Dečić started the series 8:0 and took the lead 79:73. It seemed then that Tuzani would calmly bring the match to an end, but they did not score any points until the end. Podgorica entered the last minute with a minus point (79:78), had an attack for a reversal, but Bayhurst lost the ball. Then Koljević committed a foul in the attack, 18 seconds remained until the end, and Bogavac asked for a minute of rest, after which Fofana missed from a distance, and Kljajević scored after an offensive jump.

Luka Bogavac was the most effective with 23 points, Kljajević and Mladen Vujić scored 16 each.

On the other side, Williams was the most effective with 21 points. Koljević scored the 19th.

Tomorrow, Podgorica will play in the semi-finals against Milenijum, which was better than Pljevlja.