POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
Dusan Cicic
Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.
The game with biggest difference of round 16 was host Spartak’s (7-5) victory at home over one of their biggest challengers Dynamic BG (9-7) 110-106 on Monday evening. Spartak made 17-of-22 free shots (77.3 percent) during the game. They also forced 19 Dynamic BG turnovers. They shot the lights out from three sinking 13 long-distance shots on high 54.2 percentage. 24 personal fouls committed by Dynamic BG helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. Swingman Dusan Cicic (191-2004) fired 30 points and 4 steals for the winners. point guard Martin Burda (180-2005) chipped in 25 points, 7 assists and 4 steals. Spartak’s coach Vranes Zoran used an eleven-player rotation in such tough game. Swingman Vukasin Bubanja (192-2005) produced 31 points and 5 rebounds (on 10-of-12 shooting from the field) for lost side. Spartak moved-up to fifth place. Dynamic BG at the other side keeps the fourth position with seven games lost. Spartak are looking forward to face league’s leader Mega SM in Sremska Mitrovica in the next round and it may be quite challenging game. Dynamic BG will play at home against Vojvodina NS and is hoping to win this game.
Konstantin Nis can celebrate finally their first win this season after 14 consecutive losses. The victory is especially important as they defeated much higher ranked Zitko Basket (7-7) on the road game in Beograd 97-93. Worth to mention a great performance of Luka Draskovic (-2004) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 21 points and 14 rebounds. Aleksa Markovic contributed with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists for the winners. Guard Aleksa Milosevic (188-2004) replied with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists for Zitko Basket. Zitko Basket’s coach Lazar Vukoslavcevic rotated ten players in this game, but that didn’t help. Konstantin Nis maintains twelfth position with 1-14 record. Newly promoted Zitko Basket dropped to the sixth place with seven games lost. Konstantin Nis will play against league’s second-placed Borac Cacak on the road in the next round and they do not belong to the favorites in that game. Zitko Basket will play against Sloboda U. (#11) in Uzice and hopes to get back on the winning track.
Undefeated leader Mega SM delivered the thirteenth consecutive victory on Monday night. This time they crushed 9th ranked Radnicki KG (6-10) 95-75 in Kragujevac. Worth to mention a quality performance of Bogoljub Markovic who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 30 points, 17 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 blocks. At the losing side Andrija Radojevic responded with 25 points and 5 rebounds. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Undefeated Mega SM (13-0) have an impressive 13-game winning streak. Defending champion maintains first position with a perfect record of 13 victories in a row. Radnicki KG lost fourth consecutive game. They keep the ninth place with ten games lost. Mega SM will meet at home Spartak (#5) in the next round. Radnicki KG will play against Crvena Zvezda (#3) in Beograd and hope to secure a win.
Rest of the games of round 16 were quite predictable and ended without any surprises. Here they are:
Borac Cacak defeated Joker S. in a road game 93-88. Vojvodina NS beat Partizan BG at home 76-69. Crvena Zvezda destroyed Sloboda U. on the opponent’s court 90-57.
The best stats of 16th round was 21 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists by Petar Avlijas of Crvena Zvezda.
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Zitko Basket – Konstantin Nis 93-97
Konstantin Nis can celebrate finally their first win this season after 14 consecutive losses. The victory is especially important as they defeated much higher ranked Zitko Basket (7-7) on the road game in Beograd 97-93. Worth to mention a great performance of Luka Draskovic (-2004) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 21 points and 14 rebounds. Guard Aleksa Markovic (185-2005) contributed with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists for the winners. Guard Aleksa Milosevic (188-2004) replied with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists and Djordje Lazarevic (-2004) added 23 points and 7 rebounds in the effort for Zitko Basket. Five Konstantin Nis and four Zitko Basket players scored in double figures. Zitko Basket’s coach Lazar Vukoslavcevic rotated ten players in this game, but that didn’t help. Konstantin Nis maintains twelfth position with 1-14 record. Newly promoted Zitko Basket dropped to the sixth place with seven games lost. Konstantin Nis will play against league’s second-placed Borac Cacak on the road in the next round and they do not belong to the favorites in that game. Zitko Basket will play against Sloboda U. (#11) in Uzice and hopes to get back on the winning track.
Top scorers:
Zitko Basket: L.Djordje 23+7reb+3ast, M.Aleksa 21+7reb+8ast, J.Petar 18+12reb+1ast, O.Aleksej 14+8reb+2ast, O.Djordje 8+1ast, D.Marko 4+1reb+6ast
Konstantin Nis: M.Aleksa 21+5reb+6ast, D.Luka 21+14reb+1ast, P.Ilija 20+6reb+2ast, P.Nikola 15+1reb+8ast, C.Petar 10+8reb+1ast, P.Danilo 5+3reb
gschID: 1047301
Joker S. – Borac Cacak 88-93
There was no surprise in Sombor where 6th ranked Joker S. (7-9) was defeated by second ranked Borac Cacak (12-1) 93-88 on Sunday. Worth to mention a great performance of forward Pavle Nikolic (200-2005) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 25 points and 12 rebounds and guard Djordje Curcic-M (194-2005) who added 18 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists during the contest. Borac Cacak’s coach Milos Pejanovic allowed to play the deep bench players in such tough game. At the losing side Matija Kustudic (-2004) responded with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists and Jagos Becic (-2004) scored 20 points and 5 rebounds. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Borac Cacak have a solid four-game winning streak. They maintain second position with 12-1 record behind leader Mega SM. Newly promoted Joker S. dropped to the seventh place with nine games lost. They share the position with Partizan BG. Borac Cacak will meet at home bottom-ranked Konstantin Nis (#12) in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Joker S. will play against Partizan BG (#8) in Beograd and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Joker S.: B.Jagos 20+5reb+3ast, K.Matija 19+7reb+9ast, S.Aleksa 18+8reb, V.Uros 14+3reb+1ast, M.Luka 7+3reb, B.Nemanja 4+3reb
Borac Cacak: N.Pavle 25+12reb+1ast, C.Djordje 18+5reb+6ast, M.Matija 12+1ast, I.Uros 11+3reb, E.Dusan 8+2reb, V.Vukasin 8+1reb+4ast
gschID: 1047302
Vojvodina NS – Partizan BG 76-69
There was a small surprise in Novi Sad where tenth ranked Vojvodina NS (5-10) defeated 7th ranked Partizan BG (7-9) 76-69 on Sunday. Strangely Partizan BG outrebounded Vojvodina NS 46-33 including 16 on the offensive glass. Worth to mention a great performance of Vuk Kovijanic (-2004) who helped to win the game recording 14 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists and Mihajlo Gikic (-2004) who added 13 points during the contest. At the losing side center Viktor Mikic (210-2005) responded with a double-double by scoring 26 points and 13 rebounds and guard Savo Drezgic (187-2006) scored 19 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Vojvodina NS maintains tenth position with 5-10 record. Loser Partizan BG keeps the seventh place with nine games lost. They share the position with Joker S.. Vojvodina NS will meet higher ranked Dynamic BG (#4) in the next round and they do not belong to the favorites in that game. Partizan BG will play against Joker S. and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Partizan BG: M.Viktor 26+13reb, D.Savo 19+9reb+5ast, P.Stefan 12+11reb+2ast, S.Djordje 3+3reb, T.Matija 3+3reb, K.Matteo 2
Vojvodina NS: K.Vuk 14+8reb+8ast, G.Mihajlo 13+2reb, M.Mateja 11+3ast, V.Marko 8+2reb, P.Milan 7+4reb, V.Aleksandar 5+3reb
gschID: 1047303
Spartak – Dynamic BG 110-106
The game with biggest difference of round 16 was host Spartak’s (7-5) victory at home over one of their biggest challengers Dynamic BG (9-7) 110-106 on Monday evening. Spartak made 17-of-22 free shots (77.3 percent) during the game. They also forced 19 Dynamic BG turnovers. They shot the lights out from three sinking 13 long-distance shots on high 54.2 percentage. 24 personal fouls committed by Dynamic BG helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. Swingman Dusan Cicic (191-2004) fired 30 points and 4 steals for the winners. Point guard Martin Burda (180-2005) chipped in 25 points, 7 assists and 4 steals. Spartak’s coach Vranes Zoran used an eleven-player rotation in such tough game. Swingman Vukasin Bubanja (192-2005) produced 31 points and 5 rebounds (on 10-of-12 shooting from the field) and center Jovan Nekic (205-2005) added 29 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists (made all of his eight free throws) respectively for lost side. Five Spartak and four Dynamic BG players scored in double figures. Spartak moved-up to fifth place. Dynamic BG at the other side keeps the fourth position with seven games lost. Spartak are looking forward to face league’s leader Mega SM in Sremska Mitrovica in the next round and it may be quite challenging game. Dynamic BG will play at home against Vojvodina NS and is hoping to win this game.
Top scorers:
Dynamic BG: B.Vukasin 31+5reb+3ast, N.Jovan 29+5reb+4ast, V.Uros 18+3reb+1ast, A.Stefan 17+4reb+7ast, P.Matija 6+4reb+1ast, V.Savo 3+3reb+5ast
Spartak: C.Dusan 30+3reb+3ast, B.Martin 25+1reb+7ast, K.Borivoj 20+2reb+1ast, N.Relja 17+4reb+2ast, P.Vladimir 12+1reb, J.Mihajlo 6+6reb
gschID: 1047304
Radnicki KG – Mega SM 75-95
Undefeated leader Mega SM delivered the thirteenth consecutive victory on Monday night. This time they crushed 9th ranked Radnicki KG (6-10) 95-75 in Kragujevac. They outrebounded Radnicki KG 45-24 including a 30-16 advantage in defensive rebounds. Mega SM looked well-organized offensively handing out 28 assists. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when Mega SM made 8 blocks. Worth to mention a quality performance of forward Bogoljub Markovic (204-2005) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 30 points, 17 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 blocks and guard Andrej Musicki (186-2005) who added 14 points and 9 assists during the contest. Four Mega SM players scored in double figures. At the losing side Andrija Radojevic (198-2004) responded with 25 points and 5 rebounds and Ognjen Petkovic (-2004) scored 9 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Mega SM (13-0) have an impressive 13-game winning streak. Defending champion maintains first position with a perfect record of 13 victories in a row. Radnicki KG lost fourth consecutive game. They keep the ninth place with ten games lost. Mega SM will meet at home Spartak (#5) in the next round. Radnicki KG will play against Crvena Zvezda (#3) in Beograd and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Radnicki KG: R.Andrija 25+5reb+1ast, P.Predrag 13+2reb+3ast, P.Ognjen 9+5reb+7ast, V.Janko 8+4reb+1ast, Z.Vuk 6+4reb+7ast, V.Strahinja 6+1ast
Mega SM: M.Bogoljub 30+17reb+7ast, K.Urban 18+4reb+2ast, M.Andrej 14+2reb+9ast, S.Abdramane 12+9reb+2ast, S.Ognjen 7+3reb+3ast, D.Danilo 6+5reb+2ast
gschID: 1047305
Sloboda U. – Crvena Zvezda 57-90
Very expected game in Uzice where 11th ranked Sloboda U. (3-13) was rolled over by third ranked Crvena Zvezda (11-3) 90-57 on Monday. Crvena Zvezda outrebounded Sloboda U. 53-22 including a 18-3 advantage in offensive rebounds. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 27 assists comparing to just 9 passes made by Sloboda U.’s players. Worth to mention a great performance of the former international Petar Avlijas (197-2005) who helped to win the game recording 21 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists and guard Vuk Drobnjakovic (185-2005) who added 14 points and 8 assists during the contest. Four Crvena Zvezda players scored in double figures. At the losing side guard Luka Vukajlovic (190-2005) responded with 23 points and 4 steals and Bojan Dulovic (-2004) scored 20 points and 5 rebounds. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Crvena Zvezda maintains third position with 11-3 record having just one point less than leader Mega SM. Loser Sloboda U. keeps the eleventh place with 13 games lost. Crvena Zvezda will meet at home Radnicki KG (#9) in the next round where they are favorite. Sloboda U. will play against Zitko Basket and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Sloboda U.: V.Luka 23+3reb+2ast, D.Bojan 20+5reb+1ast, T.Igor 7+3reb+2ast, L.Veljko 2+7reb+2ast, J.Vuk 2, J.Vasilije 2+2reb
Crvena Zvezda: A.Petar 21+8reb+7ast, D.Vasilije 18+8reb, D.Vuk 14+4reb+8ast, K.Andrej 13+4reb+3ast, M.Pavle 8+10reb+1ast, D.Aleksa 7+4reb+2ast
gschID: 1047306
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