It was far from a perfect match, but the Buducnost Volija basketball players, after a great fight and desire, caught up with their rival, who was leading for most of the game, and in the end had two shots to win that they didn't use...
In a dramatic finish, Andrej Žakelj's team had two attempts outside the 6,75 line for a very important triumph, but Fletcher Magee and McKinley Wright were not calm enough...
The new defeat further complicates the playoff story, as Budućnost remains below the line that leads to the playoffs, and Besiktas is one of the rivals that the "blue and white" are chasing.
At the start of the Eurocup, Besiktas convincingly defeated Budućnost primarily by dominating the jumps, three-pointers and mistakes of the Montenegrin team, and something similar - this time in a more exciting match - broke the match in "Morača".
After the first 10 minutes, the Turkish team already had an unreal 18 jumps (35 in total), by the end of the game they made 12 three-pointers, while the "blue and white" were nervous when the match was breaking, they missed many free throws...
We have a problem with jumps - "thundered" Žakelj during the time-out during the first quarter. However, thanks to the cheerful McKinley Wright and Alen Omić, the rival failed to break away after the first 10 minutes (19:19).
The guests opened the second quarter a bit better, leading 28:21, but then Mateo Drežnjak showed that the good game against Cibona on Monday was not a coincidence. With his six points, with the great support of Rashid Sulaimon and Džuvan Morgan, the "blue and white" first took a 35:30 lead, and at the end of the first half, Kenan Kamenjaš was unstoppable, so Buducnost had plus nine twice (43:34 and 45: 36).
However, after an unnecessary foul by Wright in the last second and "two plus one" by John Matthews, the scoreboard in "Morača" showed 45:39 before the break.
That gift seemed to "wake up" the guests, so they came out of the locker room in a much better mood, the former point guard of Montenegro Derik Nidam also scored, and after a technical error by Andrej Žakelj, the Turkish team took the lead again (49:47).
They were combative in that part of the "blue-and-white" game, but they also made mistakes, and the referees didn't manage very well either, but the new three-pointer by Dustin Sliva and the continuation of the dance by Matjuz quickly led the "black-and-white" to plus seven (56 :49).
For a long time it seemed that Besiktas was in control of the lead, but Kamenjas didn't give up, so Budućnost got closer to 68:67 with his five tied points in seven minutes.
However, whenever real defense was needed, the players in blue would receive a three-pointer, led by Sliva and Matthews.
The future returned once again to 100 seconds before the end, when tonight the great Drežnjak fought for the ball, and Magi reduced it to 84:83 with a "crazy" three-pointer in his style.
However, Morgan got confused in the attack, and soon a new triple from Nidam arrived and it seemed that the story was over for 35 seconds, 89:85.
Sulaimon didn't think so, his three-pointer awakened new hope, which was even greater after a missed penalty by Matthews, but Maggie and Wright failed to be heroes this time...
THE FUTURE LOVES - BEŠIKTAŠ 88:90 (19:19, 26:20, 15:26, 28:25)
Podgorica - SC Moraca. Spectators: Judges: Baena, Van den Broek, Hadžić.
Future Likes: Morgan 3 (1-0), SULAJMON 8 (1-1), Ilić, Megi 6, SLAVKOVIĆ 3 (2-0), TANASKOVIĆ (2-0), Ferel 6 (4-4), Jovanović, Drežnjak 17 (7-6), Omic 7 (6-5), WRIGHT 7 (1-0), KAMENJAS 21 (8-7).
Bešiktaš: OLMEN 11 (2-2), Metjuz 20 (7-5), NIDAM 10, Ugurlu 7 (2-2), Arslan, Morgan 4, Aksu, SLIVA 16 (2-1), KONAN 2, Karakaja, MARTIN 20.
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