Buducnost - SC Derby 103-87

Buducnost earned Erste Liga title. They overcame SC Derby in Game 3 of the Finals to complete the sweep of the championship series. The victory marked the 15th League trophy for Buducnost. The game was mostly controlled by Buducnost. SC Derby managed to win third quarter 21-15. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. Buducnost shot 63.8 percent from the field. Buducnost outrebounded SC Derby 31-17 including a 22-11 advantage in defensive rebounds. They shot the lights out from three sinking 16 long-distance shots on high 53.3 percentage. Buducnost looked well-organized offensively handing out 23 assists. The best player for the winners was American J.J. O'Brien (200-1992, college: SDSU, agency: Slash Sports) who scored 30 points and 8 rebounds. Canadian guard Trae Bell-Haynes (188-1995, college: Vermont) chipped in 10 points and 9 assists. At the other side the best for losing team was the former international Emir Hadzibegovic (204-1996) who recorded 12 points and 7 rebounds and David Mirkovic (200-2006) added 16 points respectively. Five Buducnost and four SC Derby players scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games.
Top scorers:
Buducnost: J.O'Brien 30+8reb+1ast, I.Drobnjak 16+1reb+3ast, E.Green 16+1reb+4ast, T.Bell-Haynes 10+3reb+9ast, A.Ilic 10+8reb+2ast, S.Sehovic 6+2reb+2ast
SC Derby: M.David 16+3reb, E.Hadzibegovic 12+7reb+1ast, M.Dreznjak 11+2ast, V.Bacovic 10+1reb+1ast, N.Pavlicevic 8+3reb+4ast, I.Danilo 7+1reb+4ast

Finals MVP: Erick Green (190-G-1991) of Buducnost
Player of the Year: Erick Green (190-G-1991) of Buducnost
Guard of the Year: Erick Green (190-G-1991) of Buducnost
Forward of the Year: Andrija Slavkovic (201-F/G-1999) of SC Derby
Center of the Year: Alpha Kaba (208-C-1996) of Buducnost
Coach of the Year: Andrej Zakelj of SC Derby

Eurobasket.com All-Montenegrin League First Team 2023

Green

Magee

Slavkovic

Popovic

Kaba

First Team
Erick Green (190-G-1991) of Buducnost
Fletcher Magee (193-G-1996) of SC Derby
Andrija Slavkovic (201-F/G-1999) of SC Derby
Milos Popovic (201-PF-1998) of Sutjeska
Alpha Kaba (208-C-1996) of Buducnost

Eurobasket.com All-Montenegrin League Second Team 2023

Pavlicevic

Bogavac

Tomasevic

Williams

Bjeletic

Second Team
Nikola Pavlicevic (192-SG-1988) of SC Derby
Luka Bogavac (195-G-2003) of Podgorica
Vladimir Tomasevic (201-F-1992) of Sutjeska
Elyjah Williams (201-F) of Decic
Dragan Bjeletic (205-C-1992) of Teodo

Eurobasket.com All-Montenegrin League Honorable Mention 2023

Dasic

O'Brien

Kusovac

Vrbica

Micovic

Honorable Mention
Vladimir Dasic (207-PF-1988) of Danilovgrad
J.J. O'Brien (200-SF-1992) of Buducnost
Petar Kusovac (193-F-1993) of Teodo
Masan Vrbica (187-G-1994) of Sutjeska
Ognjen Micovic (187-G-2000) of Primorje 1945

Buducnost VOLI - Podgorica 76-67

Buducnost VOLI clinched Cup 2023 title in Montenegro. They edged Podgorica 76-67 despite a strong second half. Buducnost VOLI started the game with a 21-10 run, but Podgorica replied with a massive 30-17 surge in the second quarter. Buducnost needed to score 19 points in the third and then the last stanzas to seal the trophy.
Trae Bell-Haynes (188-G-1995, college: Vermont, agency: BeoBasket) top-scored for the winners with 18 points and Erick Green (190-G-1991, college: Virginia Tech) netted 17. Petar Popovic (195-PG-1996, agency: BeoBasket) delivered 9, whilst Aleksa Ilic (203-PF-1996, agency: BeoBasket) had 7. Luka Bogavac (195-G-2003, agency: BeoBasket) answered with 16 points in a loss.