By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
ABA League Day 5 was completed with Cibona overcoming MTZ 83-76 in Skopje thanks to veteran Luka Zoric who scored 25 points.
The highlight of this week was the game in Belgrade as Partizan prevailed Igokea 117 – 104 in a scoring festival on Saturday. In Zagreb, Cedevita won the championship’s derby against Euroleague club Crvena Zvezda 79-74.
Buducnost Podgorica is at the top of the table with a 4-1 record followed by 5 teams with a 3-2 record (FMP, Zvezda, Partizan, Cedevita, Cibona).
ABA League 2017-2018/Day 5 Results:
| HOME | AWAY | FT | HT | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
| KK BUDUCNOST | KK MEGA BASKET | 84-64 | 42-33 | 20-19 | 22-14 | 19-17 | 23-14 |
| KK PETROL OLIMPIJA | KK MORNAR | 64-67 | 28-31 | 20-18 | 8-13 | 12-16 | 24-20 |
| KK PARTIZAN NIS | KK IGOKEA | 117-104 | 50-50 | 19-23 | 31-27 | 30-21 | 37-33 |
| KK CEDEVITA | KK CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS | 79-74 | 39-39 | 19-18 | 20-21 | 24-22 | 16-13 |
| KK FMP | KK ZADAR | 91-76 | 41-43 | 18-12 | 23-31 | 17-20 | 33-13 |
| MZT SKOPJE AERODROM | KK CIBONA | 76-83 | 46-46 | 22-22 | 24-24 | 19-21 | 11-16 |
ABA League 2017-2018/Day 5 Standings:
| # | TEAM | PTS | MP | W | L | POINTS | +/- | |
| 1 | KK BUDUCNOST | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 415 – 384 | 31 | |
| 2 | KK CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 409 – 388 | 21 | |
| 3 | KK FMP | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 423 – 382 | 41 | |
| 4 | KK PARTIZAN NIS | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 478 – 460 | 18 | |
| 5 | KK CEDEVITA | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 418 – 401 | 17 | |
| 6 | KK CIBONA | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 429 – 421 | 8 | |
| 7 | KK MORNAR | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 370 – 405 | -35 | |
| 8 | KK IGOKEA | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 478 – 493 | -15 | |
| 9 | MZT SKOPJE AERODROM | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 428 – 456 | -28 | |
| 10 | KK MEGA BASKET | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 407 – 418 | -11 | |
| 11 | KK PETROL OLIMPIJA | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 403 – 415 | -12 | |
| 12 | KK ZADAR | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 419 – 454 | -35 | |
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