On the last day of March in "Morača", if no sensation happens before then, Buducnost Voli and Partizan will decide in a direct duel who will win the 2nd place in the AdmiralBet ABA League and have the advantage of the home field in possible new confrontations in the semi-finals.
The team from Podgorica is currently in the lead, because it overcame the biggest obstacle before the showdown with the "black and whites" and with a victory away to Cedevita Olimpija (80:72), it stayed at least one step ahead of the Belgraders, who are visiting Borca in Čačak tomorrow.
Andrej Žakelj's team led all the time in "Arena Stožice", but they were never able to break the resistance of the "dragons".
The start was excellent, because already in the 5th minute it was 10:2, and the home team was kept in the game by Sean Jones, who scored the first seven points of his team.
Plus eight was also at the beginning of the last minute of the 1st quarter (18:10), before Jaka Blažič scored a three-pointer at 14:18 at the first break.
Buducnost opened the second quarter brilliantly, Alerik Freeman also shot, so after the 14:2 series it was 32:16 in the 15th minute.
And then, for the umpteenth time this season, the "blues" "shut down" for a few minutes, which the people of Ljubljana punished and twice came close to minus two.
With 14-pointers by Justin Kobs and Aleksandar Saškov, Cedevita Olimpija took their first lead with 54 minutes to go - 51:XNUMX.
Until the end of the 3rd quarter, however, she did not put the ball through the hoop, and in the middle of the last period, Buducnost repelled the rival's last push and went to a safe plus seven (73:66) in the 37th minute with a layup by McKinley Wright and Fletcher Magee. thereby securing her ninth consecutive victory in the regional competition.
Kenan Kamenjaš was the player of the game with 16 points, seven rebounds and two assists, and Freeman and Wright were also in double figures with 10 each.
Former Budućnosti player and former Montenegrin representative Kobs led the home team with 15 points and 10 assists, and Jones had the same number of points.
CEDEVITA OLYMPIA - THE FUTURE LOVES 72:80 (14:18, 23:23, 17:15, 18:24)
Ljubljana - "Stožice Arena". Spectators: 2.500. Referees: Belošević, Nikolić (Serbia), Mustapić (Croatia).
Cedevita Olimpija: STEWART 13 (3-1), Radović 2, Radičević, KOBS 15 (5-4), Glas, BLAŽIČ 10 (1-1), Todorović, JONES 15 (1-1), Klobučar, OMIC 2, Dragić 5 (2-1), Shaškov 10.
Buducnost Voli: Megi 8, Freeman 10, SLAVKOVIĆ 8, MAKUNDU 3 (4-1), FERRELL 8 (4-4), JONES 3 (2-1), Jagodić-Kuriža, Tanasković 8 (2-2), Wright 10 (3-2), POPOVIĆ 6, Pol, Kamenjaš 16 (7-6).
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