By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Buducnost Voli won the ABA League derby against Crvena Zvezda at home 92-86 to stay at the top of the standings. The team coached by Aleksandar Dzikic now stands on a 13-2 record, after was beating Red Star for a second time this season.
The home team had a shooting clinic tonight hitting 69.6% of their three-pointers (16/23). Danilo Nikolic and Sead Sehovic were perfect from beyond the arc for the winners. Nikolic scored four triples finishing the game with 13 points and Sehovic added three more from downtown.
Buducnost caught fire early as they hit five triples from seven attempts in the first quarter. However, with back to back 3-pointers made by Pero Antic, it was Crvena Zvezda that won the first ten minutes of the match (27-22).
It didn’t take much in the second quarter for Buducnost to take the lead. The home squad made a quick 11-0 run of the start of the second quarter as they were up by 5 (47-42) at halftime.
In the second half, Zvezda didn’t have the right answer for Buducnost’s shooters who were tearing apart Zvezda’s defence. The hosts didn’t have any problem to close the game and beat Zvezda once again.
Nikola Ivanovic led Buducnost with 18 points followed by Kyle Gibson’s 17 points.
For the losing side, Taylor Rochestie had 19 points and 7 assists, but it wasn’t enough.
With this loss, Zvezda is now standing on a 12-3 record sharing the second position with Cedevita.
Day 15 – Results
| HOME | AWAY | FT | HT | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
| KK PARTIZAN NIS | KK ZADAR | 95-87 | 38-41 | 20-18 | 18-23 | 39-22 | 18-24 |
| MZT SKOPJE AERODROM | KK IGOKEA | 68-77 | 33-36 | 16-19 | 17-17 | 19-17 | 16-24 |
| KK PETROL OLIMPIJA | KK MEGA BASKET | 69-76 | 36-30 | 18-15 | 18-15 | 18-19 | 15-27 |
| KK FMP | KK MORNAR | 79-84 | 50-33 | 22-19 | 28-14 | 16-25 | 13-26 |
| KK CEDEVITA | KK CIBONA | 91-68 | 50-35 | 22-22 | 28-13 | 23-21 | 18-12 |
| KK BUDUCNOST | KK CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS | 92-86 | 47-42 | 22-27 | 25-15 | 26-25 | 19-19 |
Standings
| # | TEAM | PTS | MP | W | L | POINTS | +/- | |
| 1 | KK BUDUCNOST | 28 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1255 – 1129 | 126 | |
| 2 | KK CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS | 27 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1309 – 1192 | 117 | |
| 3 | KK CEDEVITA | 27 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1253 – 1126 | 127 | |
| 4 | KK MORNAR | 23 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1174 – 1224 | -50 | |
| 5 | KK PARTIZAN NIS | 22 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1363 – 1341 | 22 | |
| 6 | KK ZADAR | 22 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1268 – 1270 | -2 | |
| 7 | KK FMP | 22 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1205 – 1176 | 29 | |
| 8 | KK CIBONA | 21 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1216 – 1279 | -63 | |
| 9 | KK IGOKEA | 21 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1220 – 1254 | -34 | |
| 10 | KK MEGA BASKET | 20 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1250 – 1269 | -19 | |
| 11 | KK PETROL OLIMPIJA | 20 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1165 – 1232 | -67 | |
| 12 | MZT SKOPJE AERODROM | 17 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 1176 – 1362 | -186 | |