Vučević: Good game, I'm happy to have played in "Skenderija"

The Montenegrin national basketball team defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina (102:90) last night in Sarajevo and achieved its first victory in the preparatory period.

The home team had a one-point lead after the first quarter, and after that everything was in the hands of our team, who decided the match in the final when the score was plus 18 - (94:76).

"A good game for us, we managed to win. Of course, there were ups and downs, which is to be expected in this period, but for us now the most important thing is to try to implement in the preparatory matches what we worked on in training. The approach and energy were good, we are satisfied with how we played against a strong team. We led most of the time and successfully maintained the lead until the very end. Personally, I felt good and that's how I played, I'm satisfied," Nikola Vučević told Meridiansport.ba.

The audience at "Skenderija" greeted Vučević with applause.

"I'm happy that I've now played a match in the big 'Skenderija', after playing in the small one in the tournament while I was a member of Buducnost. I'm especially glad because my father (Borislav Vučević) played for Sarajevo's Bosna from 1978 to 1987, and now, after so many years, I've played a match in the hall that is his favorite. He also met my mother in Sarajevo, who played for Željezničar at the time," said Vučević.

The NBA ace also reflected on the match against the French, which Montenegro lost 81:75.

"Against France it was also good. We played the first half like that, there were a lot of turnovers, but in the second half it all looked good. We corrected the mistakes and I think we were good in defense, while in attack we hit open shots. We have to be satisfied," said Vučević.

Boško Radović's team will face matches against Greece, Israel and Turkey before the start of the championship.

On the other hand, BiH center Kenan Kamenjaš points out that this match is a turning point for his team.

"The fans who came expected much more, just like we did. We repeated a lot of things from Belgrade. These are friendly matches, we can learn a lot from this defeat. Maybe it's better that we lost at this moment than to fool ourselves. Maybe this is a turning point, sometimes a defeat is more important than a victory. We will continue to improve our form. There are many things to improve, but also to keep the good ones. We are going to Belgium for the tournament to show ourselves and win both matches, and to boost our confidence before going to the European Championship," Kamenjaš told Meridiansports.ba.