Already seen when it comes to Mornar - the club from Bar, like two rounds ago against SC Derby, woke up in the second half, came back from a big deficit, but again did not have the strength and class for a big turnaround.
Mihailo Pavićević's team was defeated by direct rival Krka in the 10th round of the AdmiralBet ABA League.
In the "Leon Štukelj" hall, it was 103:90, after Mornar was down 23 at the end of the first half, and in the middle of the last quarter, they were eight points behind, but also missed chances when they had the opportunity to connect.
The club from Bar was hoping for a break in Novi Mesto, and after all, the question is how realistic survival is when over 100 points are received from a direct rival.
Seven days of rest did not seem to please the Barani, so in the hall named after the legendary gymnast, they looked sleepy and tired from the first drop of the ball, and Dejan Jakar's team practically hit everything they kicked.
During a time-out, Mihailo Pavićević wondered what was going on with the defense, and how it looked is best told by the fact that two minutes before the break, Jan Špan hit Krka's tenth three-pointer of the match for a huge plus 23 (52:29).
Mornar went to rest with 35 points, and in the third quarter alone he scored as many as 34 - primarily thanks to Brenden Jenkins' unreal period of play. In that period, Barana's guard scored 15 points, the big advantage slowly melted away, and Ciko Carter led the Montenegrin team to 81:69 with a three-pointer with the sound of the siren.
Mornar threatened even during the last quarter, after a penalty by Lovro Runjić at five and a half minutes, they came close to eight points (85:77), but until the end there were too many mistakes and missed chances to complete the turnaround.
One of them came with three minutes to go, when the referees conceded two points to Lovro Buljević after the challenge, and the Croatian center did not take advantage of the extra free with the score 92:83.
Soon, a new trio of Spaniards arrived and the story in Novi Mesto was over - Mornar remains on just one victory, Krka now has three.
KRKA - MORNAR 103:90 (25:15, 31:20, 25:34, 22:21)
Novo Mesto - Hall "Leon Štukelj". Viewers: 700. Judges: Jevtović, Milojević and Arsenijević (Serbia).
Krka: Mirtič 6 (2-2), Bačvić 3 (4-1), Garcia 7 (2-2), PERSONS 19 (5-5), Plut, Špan 17 (2-2), CERKVENIK 10 (2-2), SKINS 14, SMREKAR 8, Klobučar 13 (2-2), CEBAŠEK 6.
Sailors: Tomason 14 (4-3), ĐOKOVIĆ 3 (2-0), Ćubić, RUNJIĆ 13 (11-7), BULJEVIĆ 13 (7-3), JENKINS 25 (4-4), Carter 15, SMIT 3 ( 2-1), Bedijako 4, Bulatović, Peković, Radetić.
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