Union Olimpija and Helios have all made it through to the finals of the 2013 Slovenian Cup Spar.
Defending champion Union Olimpija defeated Tajfun Sentjur 82-76. Dino Muric (200-F-90) scored 19 points and grabbed 8 rebounds, Jaka Blazic (196-G-90) added 16 points, Jasmin Perkovic (205-F-80, agency: Court Side) 14, Klemen Prepelic (191-G-92) 13 and Sasu Salin (192-G-91) scored 12 points, all on 3-pointer. Olimpija trailed just one possession,0-2, and hit four 3-pointers to go ahead 16-3. They had their largest lead of the game at 31-16 in the second quarter. Sentjur cut the deficit to one point, 59-60, late in the third quarter. Klemen Prepelic and Jasmin Perkovic made 3-pointers and Dino Muric added a dunk for Olimpija to make it 68-59. Olimpija's advantage never dipped under six points the rest of the way. Sentjur was led by Mladen Primorac (210-C-90) who came off the bench for the game-high 21 points, Ivan Drzic (205-C-83) collected 13 points and 7 rebounds, Mike Venezia (185-PG-88, college: Colgate) scored 12 points, all on 3-pointer, and Anze Pelc (190-G-90) posted 12 points. Cup runner-up Krka were surprisingly elimated, losing to Helios 66-71. Krka had the largest lead of the game att 58-49 late in the third quarter. Helios trailing 60-66 with 4:45 remaining, before went on a 11-0 run to finish the game. Gezim Morina (204-C/F-92) hit a go ahead 3-pointer with 23 seconds remaining to give Helios a 69-66 lead. Domen Lorbek (198-G/F-85) missed potential game-tying 3-pointer and Gezim Morina grabbed the defensive rebound and was fouled with 12 seconds to go. He made a pair of free throws to seal the win for Helios. Morina finished with 15 points, Aleksandar Ponjavic (198-G-91) came off the bench for 14 points and Matic Rebec (180-PG-95) added 11 points. Helios were outrebounded 23-40, picking up only 2 offensive boards to Krka'14. Domen Lorbek led Krka with 19 points, Jure Lalic (210-C-86) had 15 points and 12 points and Smiljan Pavic (210-F/C-80) added 10 points.
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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