Buducnost finish second – ABA League semifinals are set

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12/Mar/18 23:18

Eurohoops.net

The ABA League Regular Season was completed and now all eyes are set on the playoffs.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net 

Buducnost VOLI defeated FMP 87-64 in the last game of ABA League Regular Season. With this win, the Montenegrin team secured the second place and homecourt advantage at least in the first round the playoffs.

Nikola Ivanovic scored 19 points for the winning side in addition to Nemanja Gordic’s 16 points. On the other side, Nemanja Nenadic scored 17 while Boris Simanic added 11 points.

The race for 2nd place between Cedevita and Buducnost lasted until the last second of the Regular Season and now we have the clear playoff picture.

The semifinal pairs are as follows:

Crvena Zvezda MTS – Mornar Bar

Buducnost VOLI – Cedevita Zagreb

The games will be played in a best-of-three format (1-1-1). The first (Crvena Zvezda) and the second placed (Buducnost) teams will have the home court advantage.

The winners of both semi-final pairs will advance to the finals, which will be played in a best-of-five format (2-2-1).

Photo credit: ABA 

Day 22 Results

HOME AWAY FT HT Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
KK CEDEVITA KK PARTIZAN NIS 85-75 38-39 20-21 18-18 25-19 22-17
KK MEGA BASKET KK IGOKEA   99-87 50-42 31-16 19-26 20-27 29-18
KK MORNAR MZT SKOPJE AERODROM 106-75 50-41 29-13 21-28 29-17 27-17
KK PETROL OLIMPIJA KK ZADAR    90-85 39-41 21-27 18-14 17-19 34-25
KK CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS KK CIBONA 107-69 48-36 24-14 24-22 34-17 25-16
KK BUDUCNOST KK FMP    87-64 40-38 18-22 22-16 26-14 21-12

 

Standings 

#
TEAM
PTS
MP
W
L
POINTS
+/-
1
KK CRVENA ZVEZDA MTS
41
22
19
3
1955 – 1679
276
2
KK BUDUCNOST
39
22
17
5
1863 – 1661
202
3
KK CEDEVITA
39
22
17
5
1798 – 1645
153
4
KK MORNAR
36
22
14
8
1825 – 1790
35
5
KK PARTIZAN NIS
33
22
11
11
1936 – 1893
43
6
KK ZADAR
32
22
10
12
1846 – 1885
-39
7
KK PETROL OLIMPIJA
32
22
10
12
1738 – 1793
-55
8
KK FMP
31
22
9
13
1756 – 1763
-7
9
KK MEGA BASKET
30
22
8
14
1849 – 1858
-9
10
KK CIBONA
29
22
7
15
1754 – 1890
-136
11
KK IGOKEA
29
22
7
15
1782 – 1876
-94
12
MZT SKOPJE AERODROM
25
22
3
19
1659 – 2028
-369

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