The Montenegrin clash in the 8th round of the AdmiralBet ABA League did not bring drama - SC Derby went up to plus 21 in the second and the beginning of the third quarter, so regardless of the "awakening" of the Sailors, the match in "Morača" could hardly be "locked".
In the end, the "students" won 99:91 and reached a score of 4-4, while the Rams remain at one victory.
"In addition to the important victory that means a lot to us because of the continuation of the championship, apart from part of the second quarter, I am not very satisfied with the way we opened the game, nor did we react in the second half," said Petar Mijović, coach of SC Derbi.
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What happened next?
"I think that then we relaxed unjustifiably and with some individual actions we started to think in a way that we don't train. At one point, Marnar got close, we repelled that rush and I think we deservedly celebrated. As I said - I can't be satisfied with everything what I saw, maybe only parts of the game, but in the end it was an important and well-deserved victory," added Mijović.
Four wins after eight rounds - enough or less than expected?
"I think it is important to see which teams we have won so far... It was against Spartak, which is an outstanding team and which competes for the very top, then FMP, which will certainly grow with the arrival of Petr Popović, then Zadar, then The sailor mustn't mess around. At this moment, we are where we wanted to be. We are sorry about Novi Mesto and the match with Dubai," emphasized the head of the "students" profession.
Andrija Grbović played a good match, scored 15 points (three triples) and had five rebounds.
"He is a hard-working and good guy and has a pronounced shooting quality. After all the bad luck, I think that the most important thing for him is time and that as the season goes on, he will get better and better," emphasized Mijović.
The coach of the Mariners believes that Derby deserved to win.
"I congratulate the SC Derby team on their well-deserved victory - it was as I expected before the game, which is that we entered the first half too soft. This is also a fact - we lost the match in the first half, because we won the third and fourth quarters ", said Mihailo Pavićević.
He also says that they allowed a lot of easy points.
"They also had a huge number of loose balls, after which those easy points arrived. And, our overriding goal was to stop their transition. We failed to do that in the first half, and normally the penalty arrived," explained Pavićević.
With all that, as he says, Mormar was very disorganized in attack.
"Where we had far more three-point shots than two-point shots. In the first half, we only had six free throws, and that speaks volumes for how aggressive we were offensively. Sometimes I say it's like we're playing handball around the three-point line, no one to go towards the basket", was picturesque the coach of Baran.
Everything looked much better in the second half.
"After the formation change, we played much better and more aggressively, but we were burdened with personal mistakes and that ultimately decided it. We had a chance to come back, but we didn't take advantage of it and penalties arrived".
Branden Jenkins scored 25 points.
"He's a hell of a striker, it's not easy to guard him no matter how aggressive the defense is on him, and with the last two reinforcements I think it will be easier for him too," concluded Pavićević.
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