Round 25 review - Mar 18, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
Radnicki K. - Cibona 72-64
Radnicki Kragujevac was too strong for No.1 Cibona 72-64 handing them 6th loss of the season. Marko Brkic (206-F/C-82, agency: Beo Basket) exploded with 26 points and 6 rebounds in this victory. Dragan Milosavljevic (198-G-89) followed with 13 pts for the hosts. On the other side, Samo Udrih and Jamont Gordon (8 as) netted 15 and 12 points respectively. Radnicki 11-14, Cibona 19-6 [read more]
Radnicki K. - Cibona 72-64 Radnicki Kragujevac was too strong for No.1 Cibona 72-64 handing them 6th loss of the season. Marko Brkic (206-F/C-82, agency: Beo Basket) exploded with 26 points and 6 rebounds in this victory. Dragan Milosavljevic (198-G-89) followed with 13 pts for the hosts. On the other side, Samo Udrih and Jamont Gordon (8 as) netted 15 and 12 points respectively. Radnicki 11-14, Cibona 19-6.
U.Olimpija - Helios 77-64 Union Olimpija celebrated in Slovenian derby beating Helios 77-64. Gasper Vidmar (210-C/F-87, agency: Interperformances) shined for the hosts with 22 points and 9 rebounds. Alvin Snow (188-G-81, college: E.Washington) responded in defeat with 16 pts. Union Olimpija 15-10, Helios 5-20.
KK Zagreb CO - Hemofarm 77-83 OT Hemofarm grabbed valuable OT win 77-83 against Zagreb for 16-9 score in the regional championship. Milan Macvan (205-F-89) stepped up in this victory with 25 points and 11 rebounds. Kyle Hill (188-G-79, college: E.Illinois) and Goran Jagodnik (7 as) added 14 and 13 points respectively. In Zagreb (14-11), Krunoslav Simon delivered 30 pts.
Crvena Zvez. - Zadar 77-72 Crvena Zvezda was better than Zadar 77-72 for 11-14 score in Adriatic league. Zadar has one win more than the Serbian outfit. Boris Bakic led the hosts with 19 points and Marko Keselj also was great adding 17 pts, plus 7 rebounds. In defeat, Vedran Morovic collected 20 pts and 8 assists.
Siroki Eronet - FMP 83-63 Siroki Eronet had an easy job against FMP 83-63 improving its score to 11-14. Sime Spralja (206-F/C-83) stepped up for the winners with 24 points and 7 rebounds. Hrvoje Puljko (193-G-83, agency: Interperformances) followed him with 13, and Chester Mason added 12 points and 13 rebs in this win. Mladen Jeremic replied with 16 points in defeat. His FMP dropped to 9-16.
Cedevita - Partizan 79-72 Cedevita outplayed the reigning champion 79-72 mostly owing to Marino Bazdaric (197-G/F-78), who scored 20 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Andrija Zizic (207-C-80, agency: FCM) was behind him with 17 pts and 7 boards, while Jermaine Anderson added 14 pts and 6 rebs in this victory. In Partizan, Lester McCalebb replied with 19 points and 6 rebs. Lawrence Roberts added 12 points and 7 boards. Cedevita 13-12, Partizan 19-6.
Buducnost - Bosna S. 81-68 Buducnost was better than Bosna ASA BHT staying in race for the Final 4 ticket. Nikola Otasevic (184-G-82) and Goran Jeretin (192-G-79, agency: Beo Basket) were the leading players in this victory with 18 and 17 points respectively. Visitors got 13 points from each Zlatko Jovanovic and Milan Milosevic. Buducnost 15-10, Bosna ASA BHT 5-20.
Round 24 review: Defeat for No.1 Cibona - Mar 15, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
Cibona - U.Olimpija 59-85
Union Olimpija blasted No.1 Cibona on the road 59-85. Saso Ozbolt (188-G-81, agency: World Sport Agency) stepped up for the Slovenian champion with 21 points, Gasper Vidmar (210-C/F-87, agency: Interperformances) added 17 pts and 8 rebounds, while Edin Bavcic helped with 16 points and 8 boards. In defeat, Jamont Gordon collected 18 points and 8 rebs. Union Olimpija 14-10, Cibona 19-5.
Partizan - Radnicki K [read more]
Cibona - U.Olimpija 59-85 Union Olimpija blasted No.1 Cibona on the road 59-85. Saso Ozbolt (188-G-81, agency: World Sport Agency) stepped up for the Slovenian champion with 21 points, Gasper Vidmar (210-C/F-87, agency: Interperformances) added 17 pts and 8 rebounds, while Edin Bavcic helped with 16 points and 8 boards. In defeat, Jamont Gordon collected 18 points and 8 rebs. Union Olimpija 14-10, Cibona 19-5.
Partizan - Radnicki K. 85-62 Partizan destroyed Radnicki 85-62 coming just one step away from the top-ranked Cibona. Petar Bozic (197-G-78) and Aleksandar Rasic (195-G-84, agency: Beo Basket) paced the defending champion to victory with 15 points each. Lester McCalebb and Lawrence Roberts (8 rebs) added 12 points apiece. In defeat, Vukasin Aleksin scored 10 pts. Partizan 18-5, Radnicki 10-14.
Siroki Eronet - Cedevita 88-74 Siroki Eronet was too strong for Cedevita 88-74 getting monster double-double of 27 points and 18 rebounds from Chester Mason (192-G-81, agency: N.E.T., college: Miami, OH). He also handed out 8 assists in this game. Visitors got 18 points and 11 rebounds from Franko Kastropil (212-C-84). Siroki 10-14, Cedevita 12-12.
FMP - Bosna S. 89-80 OT FMP grabbed an overtime win against Bosna, mostly owing to Miroslav Raduljica (213-C-88, agency: Buck Andre) 's 30 points and 13 rebounds. Mladen Jeremic (196-G-88) followed him with 17, while Predrag Samardziski added 14 pts and 13 rebs. Zlatko Jovanovic and Feliks Kojadinovic delivered 18 and 17 points in loss. FMP 9-15, Bosna 5-18.
Zadar - Buducnost 83-78 Zadar celebrated 83-78 home win against Buducnost, improving its score to 12-12. Rok Stipcevic (188-G-86) shined for the hosts with 23 points and 5 assists. Goran Jeretin (192-G-79, agency: Beo Basket) replied with 23 points for 22 minutes in defeat. His team dropped to 14-10.
Hemofarm - Crvena Zvez. 76-70 Hemofarm made a huge step forward to Adriatic league Final Four. Rasko Katic (208-F-80, agency: Beo Basket) paced Hemofarm to this valuable victory with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Goran Jagodnik (203-F-74, agency: Beo Basket) helped with 16 and Bojan Krstovic added 15 pts. Nemanja Bjelica collected 19 points and 6 assists in defeat. Hemofarm 15-9, Crvena Zvezda 10-14.
Helios - KK Zagreb CO 71-84 14-10 for Zagreb and 5-19 for Helios after this game. Krunoslav Simon (197-G/F-85) was the leading player in Zagreb with 30 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists. Luka Zoric (211-C/F-84) helped with 22 pts. For the hosts, Richard Shields netted 26 pts.
Adriatic L, 24th Round: Bosna hands over a win to FMP in last 2 seconds - Mar 12, 2010 (by Sead Buljina)
FMP - Bosna ASA BHTelecom 89:80 (OT 72:72). Almost a hero for the second consecutive time, Feliks Kojadinovic led Bosna to a win vs. Zadar in the previous round, played very well whole game at Belgrade but shot free throws only 9/18 (50%). To make things worse, with Bosna leading 71:70 Kojadinovic made one free throw that he probably should not have - a free throw that gave FMP a chance to send a game to overtime with 1 [read more]
FMP - Bosna ASA BHTelecom 89:80 (OT 72:72). Almost a hero for the second consecutive time, Feliks Kojadinovic led Bosna to a win vs. Zadar in the previous round, played very well whole game at Belgrade but shot free throws only 9/18 (50%). To make things worse, with Bosna leading 71:70 Kojadinovic made one free throw that he probably should not have - a free throw that gave FMP a chance to send a game to overtime with 1.8 seconds to go. That`s exactly what happened: after a time-out, Miro Raduljica (213-C-88) scored sending the game into overtime. 'Everything would be different if Kojadinovic missed that free throw, but he made it. Most coaches ask players in such situations to miss the FT,' said FMP coach Vlado Djurovic. Bosna coach DejanParezanin is well aware of the fact, but refused to put blame on any single player:'It was a good game tonight. We led after the first half, had 10-point advantages on a couple occasions in the second half, so it would be a deserved win for us if we kept the lead with less than 2 seconds of the regulation time. It`s notlike we had no luck. Rather, we were not smart enough to win the game.' To be fair, Feliks Kojadinovic was the best Bosna player. He led his team with 17 points, 4 rebs, 6 assists and 5 steals (Value Index 27). FMP has been killing Bosna in the paint. Namely, Raduljica and Predrag Samardziski dominated the paint. FMP had 37 rebounds against Bosna`s 26. Raduljica tortured Bosna on the offensive end with 30 points pulling down 13 boards in the process. Samardziski scored 14 points but had also 13 rebounds. Thus, two FMP players had same number of rebounds as whole Bosna team. Add to that a poor free throw shooting by guests (22/36) and one might wonder how Bosna managed to stay in the game at the first place, let alone lead for the most of the game. Also, guests had to play without Seid Hajric (204-PF-81) a strong power forward and great rebounder. After Goran Bajic (207-C-79) fouled out and Zarko Rakocevic comitted 4 PF Bosna coach decided to play Bozo Djurasovic (200-SF-87) who had to act as a PF against giants Raduljica-Samardziski, both over 213cm tall. Aldin Klinac (213-C-90) never got a chance to play. Klinac would be helpfull in any case. But, if nothing else there was a chance to use another big body and 5 fouls in order to slow down FMPs big men. This way, both Raduljica and Samardziski recorded double-doubles while the only true Bosna center watched the game from the bench. Together with Kojadinovic, Zlatko Jovanovic led Bosna scorers with 18 points, Muhamed Pasalic used his time well scoring 9 points in 18 minutes of playing time. In any case a great effort by Bosna, FMP wins with plenty of luck.
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