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
|