Liga OTP banka Round 22 (Regular Season): Sencur Gor. beat Triglav in a derby game

The Regular Season in Liga OTP banka is slowly approaching the end. But there may be still some important changes in the final standings in the last 5 rounds. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

The most interesting game was a derby match between two local teams from Kranj: Sencur Gor. (#3) and Triglav (#5). Triglav was defeated at home 62-72 and even the fact of playing on their own court did not help. Sencur Gor. forced 19 Triglav turnovers. Power forward Domen Petrovic (204-2004) fired 19 points and 7 rebounds for the winners. point guard Jan Novak (193-1995) chipped in 14 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals. Sencur Gor.'s coach Gasper Sluga used a ten-player rotation which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Center Miha Muratovic (204-2002) produced a double-double by scoring 10 points and 14 rebounds for lost side. Sencur Gor. (15-7) have an impressive seven-game winning streak. They maintain third position having six points less than leader Krka. Triglav lost third consecutive game. They keep the fifth place with 12 games lost. Sencur Gor. are looking forward to face league's leader Krka in Novo Mesto in the next round and it will be for sure the game of the week. Triglav will play on the road against the league's second-placed Ilirija (#2) in Ljubljana and is hoping to prove to their fans that they can break losing series.
An exciting game between Top Four teams was played in Novo Mesto. First ranked Krka faced 4th ranked Helios Suns. Host Krka (21-1) smashed guests from Domzale (13-9) 102-81. Worth to mention a great performance of guard Jan Rebec (192-1993, agency: PEPI SPORT) who helped to win the game recording 14 points and 7 assists. Oman Urban contributed with 14 points and 5 steals for the winners. Krka's coach Dejan Jakara felt very confident that he used 10 players and allowed the starting five to rest. Forward Alen Malovcic (198-2002) replied with 12 points and 4 assists for Helios Suns. Krka have an impressive ten-game winning streak. They maintain first position with 21-1 record. Helios Suns at the other side keep the fourth place with nine games lost. Krka will play against Sencur Gor. (#3) in Kranj in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Helios Suns will play at home against Hopsi Polzela and hope to get back on the winning track.
The game in Lasko was also quite interesting. Second ranked Ilirija (17-5) played at the court of 7th ranked Zlatorog (8-14). Ilirija managed to secure a 9-point victory 80-71 on Friday. Tim Tomazic scored 15 points and 4 assists to lead the charge for the winners. At the losing side Nigel Scantlebury responded with a double-double by scoring 20 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists. Ilirija have an impressive five-game winning streak. They maintain second position with 17-5 record having four points less than leader Krka. Loser Zlatorog dropped to the sixth place with 14 games lost. They share the position with Sentjur. Ilirija will meet at home Triglav (#5) in the next round. Zlatorog will play against Sentjur and it may be a tough game between close rivals.

Rest of the games of round 22 were quite predictable and ended without any surprises. Here they are:
Sentjur crushed Terme Olimia in a road game 82-63. Hopsi Polzela beat Rogaska at home 99-94. Sentjur was destroyed by Ilirija on the opponent's court 96-64.
The best stats of 22th round was 16 points and 6 rebounds by Jan Dornik of Sentjur.



Krka - Helios Suns 102-81

An exciting game between Top Four teams was played in Novo Mesto. First ranked Krka faced 4th ranked Helios Suns. Host Krka (21-1) smashed guests from Domzale (13-9) 102-81. Krka players were unselfish on offense dishing 28 assists. Worth to mention a great performance of guard Jan Rebec (192-1993, agency: PEPI SPORT) who helped to win the game recording 14 points and 7 assists. Oman Urban (198-1998, agency: PEPI SPORT) contributed with 14 points and 5 steals for the winners. Krka's coach Dejan Jakara felt very confident that he used 10 players and allowed the starting five to rest. Forward Alen Malovcic (198-2002) replied with 12 points and 4 assists and point guard Jan Zemljic (192-2004) added 10 points and 7 assists in the effort for Helios Suns. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Krka have an impressive ten-game winning streak. They maintain first position with 21-1 record. Helios Suns at the other side keep the fourth place with nine games lost. Krka will play against Sencur Gor. (#3) in Kranj in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Helios Suns will play at home against Hopsi Polzela and hope to get back on the winning track.
Top scorers:
Krka: R.Jan 14+1reb+7ast, U.Oman 14+4reb+3ast, Z.Smrekar 13+5reb+1ast, B.Khalil 12+2reb+4ast, U.Lovro 12+1reb, M.Sukhmail 8+5reb+5ast
Helios Suns: M.Mahmutovic 14+1reb+3ast, A.Malovcic 12+4reb+4ast, C.Dorsey 11+5reb+2ast, J.Zemljic 10+2reb+7ast, L.Ian 10+2reb, L.Lovro 8+8reb+1ast

Triglav - Sencur Gor. 62-72

The most interesting game was a derby match between two local teams from Kranj: Sencur Gor. (#3) and Triglav (#5). Triglav was defeated at home 62-72 and even the fact of playing on their own court did not help. Sencur Gor. forced 19 Triglav turnovers. Power forward Domen Petrovic (204-2004) fired 19 points and 7 rebounds for the winners. point guard Jan Novak (193-1995) chipped in 14 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals. Four Sencur Gor. players scored in double figures. Sencur Gor.'s coach Gasper Sluga used a ten-player rotation which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Center Miha Muratovic (204-2002) produced a double-double by scoring 10 points and 14 rebounds and point guard Nejc Klavzar (187-1999, agency: PEPI SPORT) added 10 points and 5 assists respectively for lost side. Sencur Gor. (15-7) have an impressive seven-game winning streak. They maintain third position having six points less than leader Krka. Triglav lost third consecutive game. They keep the fifth place with 12 games lost. Sencur Gor. are looking forward to face league's leader Krka in Novo Mesto in the next round and it will be for sure the game of the week. Triglav will play on the road against the league's second-placed Ilirija (#2) in Ljubljana and is hoping to prove to their fans that they can break losing series.
Top scorers:
Sencur Gor.: D.Petrovic 19+7reb+1ast, N.Jan 14+7reb+5ast, K.Jaka 12+1reb+3ast, M.Brandon 11+3reb+2ast, F.Antic 9+2reb, L.Bolhar 3+1reb
Triglav: U.Sikanic 11+4reb+1ast, N.Klavzar 10+3reb+5ast, M.Miha 10+14reb+1ast, J.Flerin 8+3reb, C.Crt 7+3ast, D.Kralj 6+1ast

Terme Olimia - Sentjur 63-82

There was no surprise in Podcetrtek where 10th ranked Terme Olimia (4-18) was crushed by sixth ranked Sentjur (8-14) 82-63 on Saturday. The former international Urban Durnik (204-1997) had a double-double by scoring 27 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists to lead the charge for the winners and swingman Ozbej Glavan (198-2001, agency: PEPI SPORT) chipped in 17 points and 8 rebounds (on 7-of-8 shooting from the field) during the contest. At the losing side guard Jan Copot (199-2001) responded with 14 points and 9 rebounds (made all of his seven free throws) and forward Luka Tekavcic (211-2002, college: Coppin St., agency: PEPI SPORT) scored 12 points. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players saving starting five for next games. Sentjur maintains sixth position with 8-14 record, which they share with Zlatorog. Terme Olimia lost seventh consecutive game. They stay at the bottom place with 18 games lost. Sentjur will meet at home Zlatorog (#7) in the next round. Terme Olimia will play against Rogaska in Rogaska Slatina and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Sentjur: D.Urban 27+12reb+4ast, G.Ozbej 17+8reb+3ast, S.Jure 13+1reb+2ast, D.Jan 13+10reb+2ast, D.Maj 4+1reb, J.Pelko 3+4reb+4ast
Terme Olimia: J.Copot 14+9reb+1ast, L.Tekavcic 12+3reb+2ast, D.Bostick 12+4reb+1ast, G.Tribble 12+2reb+1ast, P.Rok 6+4reb+1ast, S.Ziga 4+4reb+4ast

Hopsi Polzela - Rogaska 99-94

We could consider it a predictable result in the game between close teams when ninth ranked Hopsi Polzela (7-15) defeated at home 8th ranked Rogaska (7-15) 99-94 on Monday. Hopsi Polzela made 20-of-26 free shots (76.9 percent) during the game. They shot the lights out from three sinking 19 long-distance shots on high 51.4 percentage. Hopsi Polzela looked well-organized offensively handing out 29 assists. The former international power forward Dino Muric (201-1990) had a double-double by scoring 15 points and 13 rebounds to lead the charge for the winners and American point guard Kameron Hobbs (178-2002, college: Morgan St.) chipped in 19 points and 4 assists during the contest. Hopsi Polzela's coach Nejc Kobal allowed to play the deep bench players in such tough game. At the losing side Tadej Colnaric (202-2005) responded with a double-double by scoring 16 points and 10 rebounds and Canadian Yaw Obeng-Mensah (202-2000, college: Niagara) scored 17 points and 7 rebounds. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Hopsi Polzela moved-up to eighth place, which they share with defeated Rogaska. Hopsi Polzela will meet higher ranked Helios Suns (#4) in the next round and it may be quite challenging game. Rogaska will play against Terme Olimia (#10) and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Hopsi Polzela: H.Kameron 19+4reb+4ast, U.Nik 16+6reb, M.Dino 15+13reb+3ast, F.Ziga 15+7reb+1ast, V.Miha 14+2reb+3ast, B.Nejc 8+2reb+5ast
Rogaska: Y.Obeng-Mensah 17+7reb+2ast, T.Colnaric 16+10reb+2ast, A.Choudhary 15+2reb, N.Cevizovic 13+3reb+1ast, V.Jugovac 12+3reb+5ast, P.Tabak 9+4reb+5ast

Zlatorog - Ilirija 71-80

The game in Lasko was also quite interesting. Second ranked Ilirija (17-5) played at the court of 7th ranked Zlatorog (8-14). Ilirija managed to secure a 9-point victory 80-71 on Friday. Ilirija looked well-organized offensively handing out 22 assists. The former international forward Tim Tomazic (199-1999) scored 15 points and 4 assists to lead the charge for the winners and guard Luka Kures (192-1998, agency: 6th Man Basketball Agency) chipped in 13 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists during the contest. Five Ilirija players scored in double figures. At the losing side American point guard Nigel Scantlebury (183-2000, college: CCSU) responded with a double-double by scoring 20 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists and Bosnian center Emir Krajinic (208-2002) scored 19 points and 9 rebounds. Ilirija have an impressive five-game winning streak. They maintain second position with 17-5 record having four points less than leader Krka. Loser Zlatorog dropped to the sixth place with 14 games lost. They share the position with Sentjur. Ilirija will meet at home Triglav (#5) in the next round. Zlatorog will play against Sentjur and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Ilirija: J.Robert 15+6reb, T.Tomazic 15+4reb+4ast, K.Luka 13+5reb+4ast, P.Petar 13+2reb+7ast, T.Vukotic 10+4reb+2ast, F.Lovro 8+2reb+1ast
Zlatorog: N.Scantlebury 20+6reb+10ast, E.Krajinic 19+9reb+2ast, F.Horvat 18+5reb, T.Pesjak 6+2reb+3ast, M.Rezec 3+5reb+3ast, R.Erolt 2+4reb+1ast

Ilirija - Sentjur 96-64

Very expected game in Ljubljana where 6th ranked Sentjur (8-14) was rolled over by second ranked Ilirija (17-5) 96-64 on Monday. Ilirija dominated down low during the game scoring 52 of its points in the paint compared to Sentjur's 32. They outrebounded Sentjur 47-31 including a 37-21 advantage in defensive rebounds. Ilirija looked well-organized offensively handing out 27 assists. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when Ilirija made 8 blocks. Lovro Faganel (200-2007) had a double-double by scoring 16 points and 13 rebounds to lead the charge for the winners and international guard Mark Padjen (196-2006) chipped in 14 points and 5 assists during the contest. Four Ilirija players scored in double figures. At the losing side forward Jan Dornik (200-1998, college: Loyola, MD, agency: PEPI SPORT) responded with 16 points and 6 rebounds and Maj Dolinsek (202-2006, agency: PEPI SPORT) scored 17 points. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Ilirija have an impressive five-game winning streak. They maintain second position with 17-5 record having four points less than leader Krka. Loser Sentjur keeps the sixth place with 14 games lost. They share the position with Zlatorog. Ilirija will meet at home Triglav (#5) in the next round. Sentjur will play against Zlatorog and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Ilirija: F.Lovro 16+13reb+3ast, M.Padjen 14+4reb+5ast, T.Vukotic 13+6reb+1ast, K.Luka 13+2reb+4ast, G.Wendell 12+1reb+3ast, L.Boisa 7+4reb+1ast
Sentjur: M.Dolinsek 17+4reb+1ast, J.Dornik 16+6reb+2ast, N.Belko 10+5ast, Z.Nejc 9+2reb+6ast, U.Durnik 6+13reb+1ast, J.Span 2+2reb+1ast