By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
After winning the AdmiralBet ABA League, Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet switched from the domestic to the regional level, seeking yet another championship. On Monday, a dominating display leading to a 98-75 victory against FMP Soccerbet in FMP Arena clinched a berth in the Finals of the AdmiralBet Basketball League of Serbia.
Standing out in one-way traffic, Yago Dos Santos paired his 16 points with eight assists and Luka Mitrovic added 15 more points. Nemanja Nedovic went for 17 points behind five triples. Besides unregistered Javonte Smart, Adam Hanga, Mike Tobey, and Freddie Gillespie, Serbia’s reigning league and cup champions also ruled out Joel Bolomboy (elbow) and Nikola Topic (knee) for Game 2.
Backed by a direct entry to the Semifinals, the team coached by Giannis Sfairopoulos swept a best-of-three series to secure a spot in the Finals.
On a similar path to the Playoffs of the domestic league, Partizan Mozzart Bet and Mega MIS are heading to a deciding Game 3 in Belgrade Arena on Thursday.
In Game 2, Mega stormed back from an early double-digit deficit to prevail, 92-88, in the Dejan Milojevic Training Center. Four double-digit scorers, including 19-year-old Filip Jovic with a team-high 14 points.
For the team coached by Zeljko Obradovic, Bruno Caboclo recorded a game-high 18 points behind 8/10 field goals. Injured Balsa Koprivica was out along with unregistered James Nunnally, P.J. Dozier, and Frank Kaminsky.
BLS Playoffs
First Round (best-of-three)
Borac Mozzart – Spartak Office Shoes 2-0 (95-92, 95-70)
FMP Soccerbet – Vojvodina MTS 2-0 (77-68, 93-65)
Second Round (best-of-three)
Boraz Mozzart – FMP Soccerbet 0-2 (87-90, 90-111)
Semifinals (best-of-three)
Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet – FMP Soccerbet 2-0 (97-87, 98-75)
Partizan Mozzart Bet – Mega MIS 1-1 (82-72, 88-92)
Final (best-of-three)
Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet – Winner of Partizan Mozzart Bet vs. Mega MIS
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