In just one week of the basketball sc derby in Podgorica, two of the three Croatian Abaligas won and that only after extra time First Zadar at home (89:89, 101:100) and then Cibona away (77:77, 98:89)
And while the people of Podgorica last night joked about the Croatian clubs in the style of "these overtimes are good for us", Cibona's coach Josip Sesar didn't really like it Moreover, quite angry, he refused to talk about this match - because apparently everything was on the tip of his tongue - and asked to be asked only about Sunday's HT Premier League match against Dinamo (6 p
m )
And there he let his tongue run wild: - In 18 and a half hours, we play a match against our sports friends from Rudeš, who had no understanding of our performance in the ABA league So I told the players to see you at 16
30 in the hall, without morning preparation for the game Have you asked the people from Dinamo to move the appointment? - We suggested that the game be played on Monday, they did not agree
Cibona is not begging anyone She had not sunk so low as to beg
And as for the defeat against the visitors from Podgorica, he suggested to the local journalists to look at Danijela Jusup's press release after last week's match with the same SC Derby - I would ask you to find last week's press release from Zadro coach Danijel Jusup and use it as well as my final comment
Take that as my word We will remind you that Jusup, after Podgorica's defeat against SC Derby, said this: - I congratulate the derby student center on the victory, but I think that we also deserved to win this game
Honestly, I didn't like some things, but I won't comment on that because I can't right now And when coaches say that they shouldn't comment on something (because they could get in their pocket), then it's usually on the subject of judging
And this match was refereed by two (Boltauzer, Jovičić) of the four best Abaliga judges, but Sesar was clearly not satisfied with their work And maybe they themselves weren't too pleased, as they judged when they left the floor of Dražen's home so quickly, so quickly that the security guards (who are usually in front and behind them) had to run after them to catch up
However, as much as Sesar resents the status that the "once respectable" Cibona had, and the status that Derby had in Zagreb, it no longer exists in Podgorica, he should also resent the missed opportunity to win Less than two minutes before the end, at 77:75, Bundović missed from the racket and then the zicer after jumping in the attack
Then, Aranitović shot a three-pointer in the offensive "cajtnot", and then Kapusta (two-pointer) and Baković (three-pointer) missed the shots for the victory After all, in the last eight seconds, Cibona's defense suffered a serious lapse
It is true that the 175-centimeter point guard Jackson is extremely fast and nimble, but it should not have happened that he passed Kapusta for an unhindered layup In fact, in those moments, the overworked Kapusta, the player with the most minutes, was not allowed to guard him at all, not only because defense is not his "forte", but also because he had four fouls
And after Jackson broke through Kapusta with ease, there was no rotation in Cibona's defense, no one anywhere to try to stop it Unfortunately for Zagreb, with so many players burdened with fouls (in the end, five of them did not finish the game due to five fouls - Kapusta, Mazalin, Bundović, Ljubičić and Baković), it was clear that they could hardly prevail in extra time
Moreover, in those final five minutes on the ball, and on the free-throw line, American point guard Loren Jackson (10 out of 27 total points) dominated and Podgorica could celebrate their seventh victory of the season Last season's cibos Mateo Drežnjak, Croatian national team member (11 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists), was also celebrating, for whom this was the first guest appearance on the floor where he spent two years
- We came to Zagreb with two victories in a row, with the ambition to win the third one and we succeeded Now we are in calmer waters and we have a few matches at home in front of us in which we can do a good job - said Drežnjak and on the topic of playing against the former club he added: - I was there for two years and it was as if I was playing at home
It was a bit strange for me to play against Cibona, but life goes on After all, from Cibona, for which I played, there are only Radovčić and Majcunić
And of the aforementioned, Radovčić (captain) looked better, scoring eight baskets and two assists, while Majcunić played very little (five and a half minutes) without a basket Kapusta achieved a "double-double" (16 points, 10 assists), Mesiček scored 19, Aranitović 14 and Bundović 13
In coach Andrej Žakelj's team, in addition to Jackson, winger Danilo Tasić (23 baskets, 10 rebounds, 6 assists) was the dominant player, while white-skinned american magee (14 baskets) was liked as a shooter Derby HT Premier League Topolović and Serdarušić for the great victory of "Vitamin" over "Wolves" And of the aforementioned, Radovčić (captain) looked better, scoring eight baskets and two assists, while Majcunić played very little (five and a half minutes) and went without a basket
Kapusta achieved a "double-double" (16 points, 10 assists), Mesiček scored 19, Aranitović 14 and Bundović 13 In the composition of coach Andrej Žakelj, in addition to Jackson, winger Danilo Tasić (23 baskets, 10 rebounds, 6 assists) was the most dominant player, while white-skinned american magee (14 baskets) was liked as a shooter
Derby HT Premier League Topolović and Serdarušić for the great victory of "Vitamin" over "Wolves" And of the aforementioned, Radovčić (captain) looked better, scoring eight baskets and two assists, while Majcunić played very little (five and a half minutes) and went without a basket Kapusta achieved a "double-double" (16 points, 10 assists), Mesiček scored 19, Aranitović 14 and Bundović 13
In the composition of coach Andrej Žakelj, in addition to Jackson, winger Danilo Tasić (23 baskets, 10 rebounds, 6 assists) was the most dominant player, while white-skinned american magee (14 baskets) was liked as a shooter Derby HT Premier League Topolović and Serdarušić for the great victory of "Vitamin" over "Wolves" Mesiček scored 19, Aranitović 14 and Bundović 13
In the composition of coach Andrej Žakelj, in addition to Jackson, winger Danilo Tasić (23 baskets, 10 rebounds, 6 assists) was the most dominant player, while white-skinned american magee (14 baskets) was liked as a shooter Derby HT Premier League Topolović and Serdarušić for the great victory of "Vitamin" over "Wolves" Mesiček scored 19, Aranitović 14 and Bundović 13
In the composition of coach Andrej Žakelj, in addition to Jackson, winger Danilo Tasić (23 baskets, 10 rebounds, 6 assists) was the most dominant player, while white-skinned american magee (14 baskets) was liked as a shooter Derby HT Premier League Topolović and Serdarušić for the great victory of "Vitamin" over "Wolves"
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