Houston Rockets guard Goran Dragic (194-PG-86) was named today by the NBA as Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, Apr. 2 through Sunday, Apr. 8. It marks the first time in Dragics career to earn Conference Player of the Week accolades.
Dragic averaged 20.7 points (22-46 FG, 14-17 FT), 8.3 assists and 2.67 steals in leading the Rockets to a 3-0 week. He began the week by topping the Rockets with 21 points (8-12 FG) and a career-high-tying four thefts in a 99-93 win at Chicago (4/2/12), which ended an 86-game run where the Bulls did not lose two games in a row in the regular season. The last time the Bulls lost consecutive regular season games was Feb. 5-7, 2011. Dragic then finished with his best point total as a member of the Rockets by netting a team-high 26 points (8-19 FG, 3-7 3FG, 7-8 FT) to go with 11 assists and three steals in a 112-107 victory at the L.A. Lakers (4/6/12). He also marked the first time in his career to record four 20-point games in a row (3/30/12-4/6/12). The win helped the Rockets become the only visiting team to win at Chicago, at the L.A. Lakers and atOklahoma City this season. He completed the week with 15 points (6-15 FG) and a game-high nine dimes in a 104-87 win atSacramento (4/8/12).
Union Olimpija beat Krka 73-68 in Game 3 to avoid a sweep in the finals. Jaka Blazic (196-G-90) scored 14 of his game-high 17 points in the first half, Drazen Bubnic (206-F-86) and Jasmin Perkovic (205-F-80) both poured in 11 points and Klemen Prepelic (191-G-92) came off the bench for 8 assists.
After tying at 27 midway through the second quarter, Olimpija scored five straight points to go up 32-27 and never looked back for rest of the game [read more]
Union Olimpija beat Krka 73-68 in Game 3 to avoid a sweep in the finals. Jaka Blazic (196-G-90) scored 14 of his game-high 17 points in the first half, Drazen Bubnic (206-F-86) and Jasmin Perkovic (205-F-80) both poured in 11 points and Klemen Prepelic (191-G-92) came off the bench for 8 assists. After tying at 27 midway through the second quarter, Olimpija scored five straight points to go up 32-27 and never looked back for rest of the game. They had their largest lead of the game at 45-33 early in the second half. Olimpija still had a double-digit advantage at 65-55 with five minutes left. Krka cut the deficit to 66-70 with 52 second into the game. Teemu Rannikko (189-PG-80) hit just one free throw for Olimpija, but Edo Muric (202-F-91) missed a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to two. Olimpija was outrebouned 26-36 and missed 15 free throws, but they shot 56-percent from the field (27-of-48) to Krka's just 42 percent (24-of-57). Krka was led by Jakov Vladovic (187-PG-83, agency: XL Basketball Agency) with his 13 points, Matjaz Smodis (205-F-79) added 11, Domen Lorbek (198-G/F-85) posted 10 points and Jaka Klobucar (198-G-87) had 8 points and 9 rebounds. Game 3: Krka-Union Olimpija 68-73 (series 2-1) KRKA 68 (22+12+11+23):
Lorbek 10, *Vladovic 13+5 as, *Rojc, Lali 2, Smodis 11, *Pavic 8, *Lucic 8,
Pajic DNP, Bolcina DNP, *Klobucar 8+9 rbs, Anderson 6, E.Muric 2. UNION OLIMPIJA 73 (23+19+13+18): Kokol DNP, Rupnik 2, Prepelic 6+8 as, *Blazic 17, Rannikko 5, *Salin 9, *Bubnik 11, *Perkovic 11, *Mocnik 6, Sulejmanovic 2, Omic 4.
Grosuplje reached an agreement with head coach Dejan Mihevc , who inked a one-year deal with the Telemach League side. Mihevc, 35, arrives from London Leopards, to which he helped to win the 2011-12 British EBL Divison one title
Mihevc is the assistant coach of the U-20 Slovenian national team and he also coached the U-16 Slovenian national team from 2008-2010. He also served as assistant coach with Sentjur. [read more]
Grosuplje reached an agreement with head coach Dejan Mihevc , who inked a one-year deal with the Telemach League side. Mihevc, 35, arrives from London Leopards, to which he helped to win the 2011-12 British EBL Divison one title Mihevc is the assistant coach of the U-20 Slovenian national team and he also coached the U-16 Slovenian national team from 2008-2010. He also served as assistant coach with Sentjur.
Slovenian Telemach League finals will start tomorrow with the first game in Novo mesto, home of defending champions Krka. The finals will be played between two traditional opponents Krka Novo mesto and Union Olimpija Ljubljana. Second game will be played on Wednesday in Ljubljana's Stozice Arena. More experienced team Krka is a slight favourite to win the series, compared to young Union Olimpija [read more]
Slovenian Telemach League finals will start tomorrow with the first game in Novo mesto, home of defending champions Krka. The finals will be played between two traditional opponents Krka Novo mesto and Union Olimpija Ljubljana. Second game will be played on Wednesday in Ljubljana's Stozice Arena. More experienced team Krka is a slight favourite to win the series, compared to young Union Olimpija. Krka finished the regular part of the season with only one loss, while Union Olimpija lost three times.
Game #1, Monday, May 13th, at 20.00: KRKA : UNION OLIMPIJA
Game #2, Wednesday, May 15th, at 18.00: UNION OLIMPIJA : KRKA
Game #3, Friday, May 17th, at 20.00: KRKA : UNION OLIMPIJA
Possible Game #4, Monday, May 20th, at 18.00: UNION OLIMPIJA : KRKA
Possible Game #5, Wednesday, May 22th, at 20.00: KRKA : UNION OLIMPIJA
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