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Finals:
05/04
Maccabi-Zadar
88:91
Zadar je najbolji, Zadar je slavan … Zadar is the best, Zadar is the famous … Croatian team surprisingly won 2nd Adriatic League! Zadar in the finals game beat Maccabi by 91-88, Marko Popovic (185-G-82) scored 27 points, Damir Tvrdic added 21, each including four 3-pointers, and Hrvoje Perincic grabbed 11 rebounds. Croatians in last period hit four consecutive 3-pointers and had their largest lead at 84:72 just 2:35 remaining but Maccabi responded with a seven points in a row and cut the deficit to 89:88. Popovic hit both free-throws only 8 seconds remaining and Marcus Goree who netted 26 points and led five Maccabi's players in double figures, missed behind the arc at the buzzer.
Maccabi-Zadar 88:91 (Lubin 1, Vujcic 14, Goree 26, Shelef 15, Saffar 11, Udrih 16, Halperin 5 - Tvrdic 21, Popovic 27, Longin 3, Perincic 9, Samanic 14, Spralja 6, Erjavec 2, Dijan 2, Meeks 7).
Semifinals:
03/04 Crvena zvezda-Zadar 77:78
03/04 Maccabi-Union Olimpija 82:76
Eurobasket Adriatic League 2002-2003 Awards
Eurobasket Player of the year: Marko Popovic (185-G-82, Zadar).
Eurobasket Guard of the year: Marko Popovic (Zadar).
Eurobasket Forward of the year: Kenyan Weaks (Pivovarna Lasko).
Eurobasket Center of the year: Obinna Ekezie (Crvena zvezda).
Eurobasket Newcomer of the Year: Ivan Tomas (Zagreb).
Eurobasket Most Improved Player of the Year: Marko Popovic (Zadar).
Eurobasket Coach of the Year: Danijel Jusup (Zadar).
Eurobasket All-League 1st Team: Marko Popovic (Zadar), Milan Dozet (Crvena zvezda), Kenyan Weaks (Pivovarna Lasko), Marcus Goree (Maccabi), Obinna Ekezie (Crvena zvezda).
Eurobasket All-League 2nd Team: Scoonie Penn (Crvena zvezda), Slavko Duscak (Krka), Jasmin Hukic (Union Olimpija), Jamie Arnold (Krka), Nikola Vujcic (Maccabi).
Eurobasket All-League Domestic Players Team: Marko Popovic (Zadar), Milan Dozet (Crvena zvezda), Tal Burstein (Maccabi), Marko Samanic (Zadar), Andrija Zizic (Split).
Eurobasket All-League Imports Team: Scoonie Penn (Crvena zvezda), Kenyan Weaks (Pivovarna Lasko), Jamie Arnold (Krka), Marcus Goree (Maccabi), Obinna Ekezie (Crvena zvezda).
Eurobasket All-League Newcomers Team: Igor Lovric (Bosna Asa), Ivan Tomas (Zagreb), Tal Burstein (Maccabi), Goran Cakic (Crvena zvezda), Vladimir Tica (Crvena zvezda).
Season Awards
MVP: Kenyan Weaks (193-F/G-77, agent: Kingstone Group, college: Florida) from Pivovarna Lasko - 19,3.
Trophy Sportske Novosti (selected by coaches): Stipe Sarlija (206-C-67, agent: Ivic Nebojsa) from Feal Siroki.
Fair-Play Trophy (by Sportske Novosti): Scoonie Penn (178-G-77, agent: Pajovic Spomenko, college: Ohio St.) from Crvena zvezda
