Crvena Zvezda earned the 11th win in the Adriatic League season. They surprised Union Olimpija in the Slovenian capital tonight. Igor Rakocevic (191-G-78) scored 23 points to pace the Serbian team. Crvena Zvezda looked confident right from the start. They built a 17:14 lead ten minutes into the encounter. Crvena Zvezda limited the hosts to 12 points in the second quarter to establish a 36:26 halftime lead. The margin kept on growing in the third term. The visitors secured a 12-point buffer heading into the final period. Crvena Zvezda did not give a single chance for the home team cruising to the victory in the final ten minutes. Boris Savovic (210-F-87, agency: Beo Basket) accounted for 13 points and 13 boards, while Elton Brown (206-C-83, college: Virginia) and Rasko Katic (208-C-80, agency: Beo Basket) added 7 points each for the winners. Aron Baynes (208-C-86, college: Washington St.) answered with 13 points for Union Olimpija. Teemu Rannikko (189-PG-80) had 12 points in defeat.
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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