It was a must-win game and the Buducnost Voli basketball players did not allow for a surprise in the 28th round of the AdmiralBet ABA League.
The leader of the regional competition "confirmed" the victory over Partizan from five days ago and defeated the outsider Krka - not everything was routine, but Andrej Žakelj's team achieved their 25th triumph without major complications (99:91).
The team from Podgorica played a weak first half, conceding as many as 49 points (49:46), which angered Žakelj, who showed great dissatisfaction during a timeout in the last minute of the second quarter.
If he wanted to get a reaction from the team, he succeeded, because Budućnost came out of the locker room with a different attitude, played a great third quarter and after 30 minutes of basketball had a safe plus 11 (74:63).
McKinley Wright took matters into his own hands during that period, scoring eight points, helped by Mateo Drežnjak with two three-pointers, Nikola Tanasković and Rašid Sulajmon also "joined in", so the question of the winner was no longer raised.
Wright and Sulajmon led our champion with 15 points each, Tanasković and Džuvan Morgan scored 13 each, Kenan Kamenjaš and Yogi Ferrell scored 11 each, and Drežnjak scored 10...
Buducnost now, with a match in hand, has two more wins than second-placed Partizan (and a better head-to-head record), which hosts Red Star Belgrade on Monday.
KRKA - THE FUTURE LOVES 91:99 (30:26, 19:20, 14:28, 28:25)
New town - "Leon Štukelj" Hall. Audience: 300. Judges: Nikolić, Ćalić (Serbia), Lasetović (BiH).
Krka: Robinson 12, Bačvić 8, Persons 18, Jurković 11, Špan 13, Cerkvenik 8, Bursać 7, Skins 6, Klobučar, Čebašek 8.
Buducnost Voli: Morgan 13, Sulajmon 15, Ilic, Megi 9, Slavkovic, Tanaskovic 13, Ferel 11, Jovanovic, Drežnjak 10, Omic 2, Wright 15, Kamenjas 11.
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