Ahead of the match against Ilirija, Buducnost coach Andrej Žakelj asked for a serious approach from his players, and they listened to him - the "blues" routinely celebrated 86:66 today in Ljubljana, in the tenth round of Group B of the AdmiralBet ABA League.
Buducnost led from the start, there was never a moment of uncertainty, and the Montenegrin champion recorded a convincing victory before the away game against Trento in the Eurocup (Tuesday, 20th).
After a three-pointer by Đorđi Jovanović and a point by Džeri Butsijel, Buducnost led 5:0, and after a 9:0 run, the "blues" had a plus of 14 - 21:7.
By the end of the first quarter, Ilirija had reduced the deficit to minus eight (23:15), and then at the beginning of the second period, a new series of "blues" followed - Oleksandar Kovlijar hit two three-pointers, Zoran Nikolić was also accurate, and Buducnost scored eight points in less than two minutes and reached 31:15.
It was obvious that there would be no excitement in "Tivoli". A new 8:0 series took Buducnost to plus 20 at the beginning of the second half (51:31), Ilirija approached minus 12 in the middle of that period (53:41), and after Andrej Žakelj's timeout, the "blues" increased their lead, which amounted to a maximum of 29 points by the end (79:50).
The most efficient player for Buducnost was Kovlijar with 12 points. Yogi Ferrell also scored in double figures with 11 points.
For Ilirija, Edo Murić had 19 and Wendell Green had 14 points.
ILIRIA - BUDUĆNOST VOLI 66:86 (15:23, 14:20, 18:22, 19:21)
Ljubljana - Small Hall "Tivoli": Audience: 650. Judges: Damir Javor (Slovenia), Dragan Porobić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Radoš Savović (Montenegro).
ILIRIA: GRIN 14 (6-6), Pađen 4 (4-4), Škorjanc, MURIĆ 19 (4-3), TOMAŽIČ 3 (4-3), ŠITU 2, Jurković 8 (4-2), Vukotic 3, Prepelič, KUREŠ 3, Marjanović 6, Boisa 4.
FUTURE LOVES: SULAJMON 8 (2-0), Megi 8 (2-2), Mace, Slavkovic 4, TANASKOVIC 9 (2-1), FEREL 11 (1-1), JOVANOVIC 7, Morgan 9, BUTSIJEL 9 (4-3), Nikolic 6 (1-0), Kovlijar 12, Butej 3.
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