ABA League

Second Stage Round 3: Buducnost - Cluj Napoca 94-89

Date: March 14, 2026
The game between closely ranked teams ended with Montenegrin Buducnost's (15-4) home victory over Romanian Cluj Napoca (10-8) 94-89 on Saturday. Buducnost made 27-of-30 free shots (90.0 percent) during the game, while Cluj Napoca only scored seven points from the stripe. It was a great evening for Nigerian-American Rasheed Sulaimon (194-1994, college: Maryland) who led his team to a victory scoring 23 points. French Axel Bouteille (201-1995) helped adding 12 points and 6 rebounds. The best for the losing side was Serbian center Dusan Miletic (213-1998) with 9 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists and Cuban swingman Karel Guzman (192-1995) scored 19 points. Five Buducnost and four Cluj Napoca players scored in double figures. Cluj Napoca's coach tried various players' combinations and tested in total eleven players in this game, but that didn't help. Buducnost will meet at home Dubai in the next round and it will be for sure the game of the week. Cluj Napoca will have a break next round.

  BUDUCNOST (coach: Andrej Zakelj)94
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
6 AuliaBIj, eishRRd 48 1-2 (90%) 8-1 (44.4%) 0-1 (24.4%) 5 5 5 6 8 9 6 5 5 4 84 85 66
24 mIuURallR, SxRl 46 0-7 (00.1%) 5-8 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 8 3 1 4 8 8 5 5 6 6 68 64 0
61 mIuUsaRlR, zRQQF 46 3-1 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 8 8 3 6 6 4 5 6 5 8 7 68 1
66 yRQQRll, YIDa 87 6-6 (655%) 6-4 (44.4%) 1-1 (655%) 5 4 4 0 3 9 8 5 5 4 66 67 3
60 bIQDij, zuTij 89 6-6 (655%) 8-3 (05%) 0-1 (24.4%) 8 3 1 8 6 3 3 5 5 4 64 88 63
3 biFs, AVFliQ 61 3-7 (33.3%) 8-4 (11.9%) 3-3 (655%) 5 8 8 5 5 4 5 5 6 8 62 63 -65
64 zILijILaZ, gnIQdnR 60 8-8 (655%) 5-3 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 4 3 5 3 5 6 5 5 6 3 5 -9
05 KILlaiQ, PlRVsijdQ 63 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 3-3 (655%) 5 6 6 6 3 4 8 5 5 5 3 1 0
1 whIBpsIj ok, ziBRs 65 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 5 6 5 5 5 5 8 5 -6 -4
67 XaVIlaZ, cIQij  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   84-49 (18.8%) 9-88 (46.2%) 89-45 (75.5%) 9 86 82 64 67 87 65 6 8 69 73 650  


  CLUJ NAPOCA (coach: Mihai Silvasan)89
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
00 CQRRV, baUZh 83 3-1 (11.9%) 6-4 (44.4%) 8-3 (05%) 8 6 4 5 4 8 6 5 5 3 64 1 -63
66 eussRll, giQIj 88 8-9 (82.1%) 4-3 (90%) 4-3 (90%) 5 5 5 3 3 4 6 6 6 4 61 65 -6
6 bIlajiQ, oLRQsIj 88 4-3 (90%) 5-4 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 5 5 8 3 4 6 5 5 6 2 0 -63
3 CRisRQ, XaDhiRl 88 4-4 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 8 1 2 -8
33 wiFlIQ, zRffRQF 68 6-6 (655%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 8 8 -9
88 WIIdMuQF, wQRF 87 8-4 (11.9%) 4-0 (15%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 9 3 6 6 5 5 4 64 63 -4
65 balRUaZ, gusij 80 4-1 (05%) 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 4 66 63 1 3 6 6 6 5 8 7 84 65
5 GuJBij, KiQRl 83 0-2 (18.0%) 4-1 (05%) 5-6 (5%) 6 8 4 6 4 8 4 5 5 6 67 69 8
40 eaZhiQd, OiUQaZV 69 5-5 (5%) 6-3 (80%) 5-5 (5%) 6 3 0 4 4 6 5 5 5 6 4 0 1
2 SlUaU, mRj 3 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 -8 -8
9 KulLaRUas, Aiulaus 4 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 -6 5
68 ORUQaZ, wudIQ-SlRxas  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   84-42 (15.0%) 68-82 (38.7%) 9-66 (14.1%) 7 86 45 84 46 69 66 8 6 62 27 29  


Height: 203 cm
Position name: F
Born: Apr 17,1997
Weight: 109kg / 239.8lbs
27
MINS
25
13
POINTS
9
4
D.REB
11
2
O.REB
3
6
T.REB
14
2
ASSISTS
6
4
STEALS
1
3
TO
2
0
BLOCKS
1
1/1
100.0%
2FGP
3/6
50.0%
2/4
50.0%
3FGP
1/1
100.0%
5/6
83.3%
FT
0/0
0%
22
RANK
23
Height: 213 cm
Position: C
Born: Jul 30,1998
Born: 1998
VS
94
Points Scored
89
68
Starting Five Points
45
26
Bench Points
44
21
Defensive Rebounds
21
7
Offensive Rebounds
9
28
Rebounds
30
13
Assists
23
10
Steals
11
17
Turnovers
18
1
Blocked Shots
2
19
Personal fouls
31
23/37
62.2%
2FGP
23/38
60.5%
7/22
31.8%
3FGP
12/28
42.9%
27/30
90.0%
FT
7/11
63.6%
105
Rank
87

Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)