A painful defeat for SC Derby in Čačak, in a match that was practically won.
"Students" lost to Borac after overtime (89:82), so they are still without an away win in the ABA League this season.
It was a game with many twists and turns, and considering that Borac had 48 rebounds, 25 of which were offensive, it is a wonder that SC Derbi was even close to winning in 40 minutes of basketball.
Borac led 7:0, then 10:1, and in the second period had a 12-point lead.
At the break, the score was 44:40, and the situation on the field completely changed in the second half when Petar Mijović's team crowned excellent attacks with shots from outside the 6,75 line and reached a double-digit plus.
It was 62:52 in the 3rd quarter, and then the maximum difference of 12 (70:58) when Jar Davis hit his third three-pointer in as many attempts.
The home team responded with a 4:0 run for 70:62 and forced Mijović to take a timeout, but the minute of rest did not slow down Borac's onslaught, which, through Pavle Nikolić at 2:13, came close to 76:73.
There was no shortage of uncertainty until the end of regulation, with both teams making mistakes on offense and correcting them with defense, and everything came to a halt in the last seven and a half seconds when Borac got a chance to win overtime, as Davis failed to make a throw-in under the opponent's basket with five seconds left.
And the penalty had to come, according to the unwritten rule - Aleksa Uskoković first missed a three-pointer, and then after his team's 21st offensive rebound, he got another chance that he didn't miss, so Borac reached overtime from a lost situation.
In the extra five minutes, Derby continued with desperate solutions in attack, and Borac, with a new series of offensive rebounds, knew how to accept a big gift.
Darius Johnson was the most efficient player in Derby with 21 points, Davis had 19, while Nikola Manojlović stood out in Borac with 28.
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