Expected end of the season: Future defends the throne

"Blues" easily defeated city rival SC Derby in the second match of the final playoff series

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Photo: KK Budućnost Voli
Photo: KK Budućnost Voli
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The season in which they played the best basketball in the region for a long time was rounded off by the Buducnost Voli basketball players with a double crown in the domestic arena.

Andrej Žakelj's team left no doubt in the Montenegrin championship playoff final, securing their 2th national championship title with a routine 0:17 win in the series against SC Derby.

It was not realistic for the weakened "students" to threaten the weakened Buducnost - in reality, the difference is huge, as the "blues" showed in both matches of the final.

On Friday, they celebrated as hosts 84:65, and they achieved an easy triumph today, although the final score does not reflect that (74:69).

Derby started the second match better than the first, having the advantage for almost the entire first quarter, and the last time they led was in the 3rd minute of the second period when the score was 22:21.

Buducnost's 15:0 run followed, then one at the end of that part of the game (10:0) for a big plus 20 - 46:26 - at halftime.

The rest of the game didn't offer any excitement either. Petar Mijović's team quickly reduced the deficit to minus 14, and had an open three-point shot to get even closer, but after that they were nowhere near threatening the big favorite.

Kenan Kamenjaš had a double-double performance (19 points and 13 rebounds), Rašid Sulajmon scored 17, Fletcher Magi 11, and Andrija Slavković 10...

Igor Drobnjak (19) and Emir Hadžibegović (17) stood out for SC Derbi.

Buducnost thus reached the cup, the second of the season after celebrating in the Cup (against the same rival in the final in Bijelo Polje), and also played in the final of the AdmiralBet ABA League and the round of 16 of the EuroCup.

SC DERBI - BUDUĆNOST VOLI 69:74 (17:14, 9:32, 17:15, ​​26:13)

Podgorica - "M:tel Hall Morača". Referees: Savović, Rutešić, Jokić.

SC Derbi: Pavlićević 6, Andjušić 4, Nikezić, Bogdanović 8, Hadžibegović 17, Vučeljić 6, Rakočević, Ivelja, Nikolić 8, Drobnjak 19, Đurović 1.

Buducnost Voli: Sulajmon 17, Ilic 8, Megi 11, Minic, Knezevic, Ticic, Slavkovic 10, Zivaljevic, Krivokapic, Jovanovic 2, Drezanjak 7, Kamenjas 19.

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